Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5adb6c92051ce672…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 00:32:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 876ba01e72a9b7687407e7e45f5d5d00 SHA-1: 587819b69d2f4ffba05925e8995ed960157401b7 SHA-256: 5adb6c92051ce672ccdd7a08398d8f63b70771ac822bdffca9e7a124f6e8af0d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which likely serve as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=use+linux+on+android PDF link annotation
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1k8gi7e4ro1g1lev0q6rp6ksr0/70849969899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukatwebsitesi.trakyasoft.com/upload/files/zuwifetalozuvezuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.reclaimedoils.com/userfiles/files/71918947530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savytrading.com/userfiles/file/volafeguju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-9/20210909172226402120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/welutuwiwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ch-yang.com/upload/files/gugidoseke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5502f13cff435927762cf3c0fe93970/jepijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/sanunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autovoda.ru/upload/files/38369657048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/sipeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullmagicweekend.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tekavitexujalitatasov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///momimuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebodyclubonline.com/userfiles/file/jopevaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130856130f34---rerozajivewazelujejeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o79av69abka850ab6c.com/upload/file/202109152211148925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/21788013941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/47160474530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weishinclinic.com/uploads/files/202109112258394766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/747ed8a1e78ff0bd9042d6e21537b45c/30430257150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theurbanthinktank.com/files/defuwiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okfilm.kr/userData/board/file/fivalupidopuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/velaredufotisev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/47145091300.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_off0000c2ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2FF 16684 bytes
SHA-256: 0c71a3a3ba7e3d4035fa23b96c6469b76f3dc248529e8aa5ca4885566b23cb5c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3F 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 618715c93b1d258b214dc5b2e53a6c0641799f913a440e3e7dddac92e3890c81
font_02_sfnt_off000105b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1