Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b0f78228688de79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 12:42:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1fcb62258fff1463604ee915f2ac3849 SHA-1: 3bbfdc4fc83f6a7cee9382d7a4ed5ec493a77a34 SHA-256: 5b0f78228688de79f666dce8c264186886f0a57027d512522280f80ede7257b4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs and link farm heuristics, indicating an attempt to redirect users to external sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+lie+a+fridge+on+its+side PDF link annotation
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613176b5a35f9---kebepipumupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palaciodelosnavas.com/userfiles/file/33629768293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/fujoxevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c1d141a8e8---63408287204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.phapluatvietnam.com/upload/ckupload/files/27498223660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcstema.com/userfiles/files/kibesapezuvunatenenapit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbcostaverde.it/userfiles/file/95489330515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sireny.net/share/files/dinegivija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vedepcuaem.com/luutru/files/latobiwusokerimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f261c2204b---zekajedipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlmarinefuel.com/userfiles/file/gisari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/galujiropered.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasekurzy.cz/userfiles/file/18107652195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travellifeafrica.com/ci/userfiles/files/wenabebajotunofokixagule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanfrancescovet.com/userfiles/files/kimusabetazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xprchemical.com/upload/files/34668775323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://borisovhlebprom.by/var/upload/file/nesulidogogobovutakuzeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemdinhcan.com/Images_upload/files/47435817013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hlj-vibration.com/uploads/image/20210908/files/20210908091828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuwaited.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rinufotosom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.eu/ressource/site-image/files/nebipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bongbansaigon.com/uploads/files/fanopuvugukenaxiruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nwdglobal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bizafajulitominuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://global-product.org/CKEdit/upload/files/nagafajudenekugodijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gerasubukipogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayphatdienngocquang.com/media/ftp/file/givejisovurojumixowameve.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_off0000dd78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f58a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF58A 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 25bb9c082a1a0ee4e85e091edbb2af6f6c05984bf948d2e975d7d045368cc3a1
font_02_sfnt_off00012378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12378 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 54f7caefd6d9848f919f9734a4d011aae98b49666122b207c6fc4e4ff96ccc54

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