Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b274a1eb5ee9ad1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-10-21 02:28:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 4eb54442a771ca3fd718481cd8385c40 SHA-1: 22eea42c768b1e5442b055d200ed5fe6a9d144f3 SHA-256: 5b274a1eb5ee9ad174cd9349a3e4e74256aea83de1f0172efaa049c588a31d2b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a second-stage payload. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous suspicious URLs points to a phishing or downloader attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://sdes.in/uploads/jiruzojumoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://idrogastermoclima.it/Utentifile/FCKPage/file/natufemol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/gibogiximopiwake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otohyundaidanang.com/uploads/image/files/guvefiteremefol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rivebistro.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fapuxifekoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersensor.ro/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/99331066592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144f29021aef---tetewilexoviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-kurska.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/43189074212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carolinevlieghe.fr/images/file/40400920555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njbeihang.com/uploadfile/file///2021100222074981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://booburger.myagenda.cz/pictures/editor/files/gasitixigenabix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safaraval.com/basefile/safaravalcom/files/molir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5076da2fd786d5d663091c9a8c225fa0/59864738694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-properties.com/userfiles/files/34322059063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615bf7ae8fc63---75685186500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/39740375278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datcat.vn/2018/file/84384783760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodvellythailand.com/upload/files/82455732569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16163ab39ab5c6---10507580854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/setepojomolegedubame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcspain.tansis.com/userfiles/file/22683964123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoiquangphianam.com/uploads/files/95973269787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/gaxufigojodoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161567f12604e7---tekos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maribon.net/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/58053994532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/Z3ufxtS7Wvw/uplcv?utm_term=programming+in+c+examples+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_off0000c959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC959 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE170 10968 bytes
SHA-256: edcbe3599213865e287dbd66f840a0601a76660ccb1ea6fff0ff4d8e52332bc4
font_02_sfnt_off0000faa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAA9 16532 bytes
SHA-256: 686a11b812a0883a9ee1d68232f426748638678d6829d0a5398dfb7311a09fc2