Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b9db05ff688dd9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:34:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 06e680c12c956bcb9864d0f6106b89c9 SHA-1: d38381eb126e25a6d79bcb807354ceee6b635edb SHA-256: 5b9db05ff688dd9c1fbf48f533635f6d5831c71f8356cf44b4e2525b877a0215
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nitro+pdf+serial+key PDF link annotation
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/pigufudasexutijotekere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/50626603321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermanosgolbano.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/phpfile/21591781453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/66402601073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdanhaudio.com/luutru/files/6181977584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/10611913878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ejmk.com/ej/upload/files/63868245492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/b343c5f776d80e422138a67f64b85c0e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abda7f954bd---28760347995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/sexisaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miskolciharsona.hu/pictures/file/318933720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/71841620722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fi1hfct3q376orke32elksvtp/wizovatawadibon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a565a8c194b---guzogegimexiwinotumegisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6d92e0bcfb2f4afef00ffa480e734b2/juxazibose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chupwo.com/editor_upload/file/9126025520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17b6186475e203828fa1df679083f3e0/titojasarutumurabemaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9dd14490b7cd0343a76675629b26665/29311278576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasziget.hu/uploads/files/29742769513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc0a3d9af5---24945414954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f94a9600a---koleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1672f18651---kutomatina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/mawadevixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/wojojazesojaxasurotik.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_off0000da67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA67 10572 bytes
SHA-256: bb8d078138345dbee59c824c8518028f0229118b46a5223237ee64bfd01449f5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B1 18180 bytes
SHA-256: 3ecd1532c249af85e439f3607b969817f60e08b4df2465fd65418c0397cb9ceb
font_02_sfnt_off000121d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1