Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b38ad2bedee4972…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:35:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9c032c4d6f13145ba123a88be178babf SHA-1: b13d5aac410bb7b81c39c26d7d697cbd23084d8b SHA-256: 5b38ad2bedee4972919d8b6d114f884d569a66414e31280278e1c35ef2957c82
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=upper+lower+muscle+and+strength
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/furawi.pdf
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/39508167628.pdf
    • http://burattinojatek.hu/userfiles/file/xagebikakesuberitevuke.pdf
    • http://steakclubhn.com/campannas/file/fetewo.pdf
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/fazoxivudajexivojokin.pdf
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/10664350147.pdf
    • http://chemonova.com/FCKeditor/file/80483447367.pdf
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/36616263997.pdf
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sdlp6mf67sigd2elct60vchhk5/67375177462.pdf
    • http://planbmedia.hufiles/vowekolow.pdf
    • http://coming-c.com/userfiles/file/sufewimosowepolazosido.pdf
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/kenukejes.pdf
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adae12ae17---silezutabilugegelizaw.pdf
    • http://studiotecnicopetrillo.eu/userfiles/files/96188388574.pdf
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pj8i1322u8g368rg33i4fba3n3/19755307960.pdf
    • http://jkohut.pl/file/24956525536.pdf
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/gafubesuri.pdf
    • http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/jeputubedekobefavexulupe.pdf
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608768e41a451---defepeja.pdf
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210509230349918586cu8xyx.pdf
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6331195f7---71940857966.pdf
    • https://gelblighting.com/userfiles/files/48103281563.pdf
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/sedipabufudopiro.pdf
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22a8b57e0c---71392666111.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b177.bin
f2c81cee747ccc1ec75751cbe5dbceef8017488df614695f2005f13e33b61f00
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB177 11060 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000caf0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAF0 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e302.bin
ca59d8051d2f96ec84ccfd0612e4886384337720ab1a57ae5989b3b9112d066a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE302 14664 bytes