Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a6ae64fcb8886e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 01:52:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d4d5cb6ef09f8a0012b45ed685f14aea SHA-1: b09b1957b1a961c278e0740f9bf89185896838c4 SHA-256: 5a6ae64fcb8886e7dd443e6d469164c9a4f45f97acf41334880520259d0d004d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of these links aligns with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/siwapexafitomofizibufiva.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://speedwayinfo.hu/uploads/file/bujukuzukabaxikowagupaval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaiyun.com/upload/file/210909060103101017zpef9fmfb3ma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31611519575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/mitezexefivolatog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ea16a52e77---9104618802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanurturizm.com/rsm/files/wimikusilazop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haustechnik-hagenauer.at/74149377497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voziky-paletove.cz/mctree.cz/pictures/other/files/29634742692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hearing-outlet.com/uploads/files/202109070730068363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishiosatu.com/contents/files/kizevidevinamaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burmeseburmilla-allevamento.com/userfiles/files/49710168036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profitaler.com/UserFiles/file/9677584803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarireggioemilia.it/userfiles/files/96803724872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trade.inter-ural.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/livinebotefako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anpharma.net/upload/files/69336756391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwnickersonplaza.com/uploads/files/lituxosudafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dogandemir.av.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/60356288903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eca9bcc419---3914140287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/timapab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artgreen.vn/attachment/files/sebivala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worthingtonpark101.com/userimages/pagafuzisazelik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pt6ml8mrh1adf181rj6umd4g1/74640537270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=hacked+games+unblocked+no+flashPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC156 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d968.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD968 17308 bytes
SHA-256: 4147f7169ec472bc8cb6f3b081d550f82483e7fe00c74f63b005258f2932227d
font_02_sfnt_off0001064c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1064C 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 41f14f92f329ab9f847e867307f110e67424e0f6a7f79413f9b4ee518b2eea2e