Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5bbb1ad6f4e3d2ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:35:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8e0254e3783a0dd6d351b22647dded5b SHA-1: 78bbfdae1e5bb1543e5d0101f4ed39b858f0b920 SHA-256: 5bbb1ad6f4e3d2ec9759fb0a0303403dfb50b04cf1ebdc61b76597b16d23c48d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of malicious intent.

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://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cd1478l0pqrefkoua55c2v9j0/subidebatajuwazemigego.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://denimder.org/resimler/files/nedizedaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs60to70.com/clients/3/32/32806278e47d7e4d905c37b1d6ebf04a/File/podenosejilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/gomipafilanabixis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609644a3de9c4---xaxutaviwexikawukomivojim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rencontres-icare.org/userfiles/file/74455877480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.de/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/69915606295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maryalo.com/userData/board/file/wegobotasakonejajedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b76dc4ed4c3---lidodositinazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a7f5188d93---5224242298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://local-atlas.ru/userfiles/files/piwadapenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///walebumagopivusisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyhypermarket.com/userfiles/file/72910303001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ba9723e3e0a27ab0ba1eb861b6ece05/115003227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57155fbb449b5c08d74bc8726244c65b/21505318280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96c5ffad5e8f5103bfb0606cdecdadf1/wevivudofom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dcbestwings.com/uploads/files/92099222175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitaldanceacademy.com/userfiles/files/mafawefazemowanejutomut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipro.ma/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/tozulezegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiangsutravel.kr/userfiles/files/20210613_190022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077255460f4a---65293527197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0e96f8b4c6---61639791021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/sawebowadidefem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc39f357e6---rasitaredotopumizajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=diffusion+and+osmosis+crossword+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000f4a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A0 18884 bytes
SHA-256: 8a650d0f358de87e9aa5c29a41db40d90f6a818937eb55b282dae57df781cb9b
font_01_sfnt_off0001259c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1259C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013db3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DB3 10972 bytes
SHA-256: ac35be67fbf190c523ac4e93ea8ece5894e224b265f4b0069e81087f5b8098ce