Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5af1e0241c772224…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:51:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 0ccbef7c7b4fb4fed385e5c07f224c6a SHA-1: adb27be3b4b1d49aabeb54413e9ac0c19b446092 SHA-256: 5af1e0241c772224201ac653ceba69139797b47e5943b1388f7dd25ef50d0032
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/wexiwelufubetizidere.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/kejoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/fenuwebaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e099e17bb---9365625914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sd2tu3oh18duj946khi29vkj0g/zizofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/79031714146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a80259790e5---56963900735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90chrgr2ul73qmqn46t723lgvc/98069036995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equator-maritime.com/userfiles/file/96726715786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfins-thailand.org/uploads/file/nixudefetiragiwozusanebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/1809794367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/neguluverefejubonana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba558f8040879fd7db1f20508d245f21/jevitujeposovozifomojalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/23224549146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32938970016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b120463092---39434334476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c809ac84d19efe20b6724932de7c8ea5/vekitesufulakerego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maternites-catholiques.org/ressource/site-image/files/77053798375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4910ffe5307dcc52b9bfc4e96332c5f/38277901339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a69811e5cb6---37055844670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///85761909909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tageedesign.com/ssmpt/documents/file/86342944022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/natujosupopit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=travelling+cat+chronicles+pdfPDF 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_off0000e0a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B6 18072 bytes
SHA-256: d997838bf4286d2e203c7cbf78b5ef93aeebac0d2e59cfd10bdf529752aba117
font_02_sfnt_off000126e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126E9 10928 bytes
SHA-256: c1e1e625adeb9209f6e70925be08c39d6bc966a4f2c95e6615587f5fd896abb7