Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b6e8c76ff5289d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-12 08:23:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9737cad94afb5df53362ccdc85688286 SHA-1: 46aff9acb9fd0f19fd1c40525cb0d328b218a9ba SHA-256: 5b6e8c76ff5289d3b870832854498667019b39b1ddf0edca1b3e2a8fbb7c517f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities or social engineering to lead users to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da518f78c6dddbc3864687bbd2f219e9/98990289733.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rts-wm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65863351037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cfb20cc35c---dugazezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/68983381703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a54e34f1d27a0a464ca2e421f6930f86/gudodobubedenuzijikepulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepasidemedical.com/images/uploads/file/maguwonuxirejusanuvuzosad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/46979540369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netlandschool.cl/files/57144840569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78882017310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misterholidaysanprisco.it/userfiles/files/mokemotufapurugewar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xosobacninh.vn/webroot/img/files/3321836219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0512.com/userfiles/file/20210912101053_guofh6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://captainkillmite.com/uploads/files/202109070604574033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-karavany.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2556003089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bedrucken24.de/userfiles/file/11748876854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68075c5fd3a9b3f1b7f26a845dff2ee9/wizejebexixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613992dc5d7fa---6266120435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xetafunexiwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/images/news/file/ziradimot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b8e82eabe---solib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoverservice.be/gallery/file/14517090060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skinrepublic.vn/webroot/img/files/82118259298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liceoadultos.juniorcollege.cl/userfiles/files/7543226687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneramato.com/userfiles/files/seporirivavusemod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=resident+evil+2+mobile+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000dfe0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE0 11000 bytes
SHA-256: ad26d76c38bb1c8e92100dadab4e906888a2d9f8858f49b406ccc506c080ebf7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f94d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF94D 20236 bytes
SHA-256: cf871058ac94690ffbc2e03e4e355a53af3bd441f284e7df9b7bf281fb781f1a
font_02_sfnt_off00012da3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1