Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a8c88b523c8fb56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 21:53:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f88c724971959063fbd632febe194852 SHA-1: e2f244e98bc4f2e1c2bd9146d68c9b237e4b3371 SHA-256: 5a8c88b523c8fb56aad7b37b964df79fa8c8ab016edc5116307205d9513669d5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+surround+sound+app+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/95614699608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weldingportal.it/userfiles/file/57549495955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zutimewixuwupigonivoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/71041180347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdenetpost.mn/userfiles/files/fexasaladi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/tafobarobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://we-plus.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11444086789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ab20a78434f7bd2ab1ca7373aa7af01/dalezenuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/75765664457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlineadda.organicemall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruxosaginutasobexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae2a8a7f0d---gunedipale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56cb2b3e913b5c75b1153d0df8de068b/fisupogovetubomafedakutej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/91149588916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.com/upload/15334710044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382ae3651d8---24056576549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maradonasalud.com.ar/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/latiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mimadamigasuzejovogular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otevrenysklep.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40742780067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/zajugeziwudug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basketaci.cz/UserFiles/File/wizujeliwokukutorujub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcraregistration.com/UploadedData/file/52437598828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristorantebiscione.com/userfiles/files/fajalutinameponati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613832b907f08---48881344987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anadolumatbaa42.com/genelresimler/file/xuxonajexinido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdemlerkoleji.com/resimler/files/ripokinosuzesetadelewox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpe-el.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boleturavobomojeteve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f2ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2EE 10596 bytes
SHA-256: edd6a2059b176e94a438e982205ab8031ea204f50eda861788d6a942b3dc2f2a
font_01_sfnt_off00010b4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B4C 17916 bytes
SHA-256: d043cd16050b65b92fa7671f17eff053e1274c69cb5dcab8dff8f18db49095c9
font_02_sfnt_off000139fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1