Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5bdcbe26e95fbde3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-08-18 20:47:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: f626ac7ef4fa3851c43875287fd05a55 SHA-1: 3666fae74c5cb7dea20734c2f505afae7ab31e92 SHA-256: 5bdcbe26e95fbde3afb3b4aa7aa4375a895bbc8043e8ec1098c6817357beb0d0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea31d57a75---ruvenezolamapifi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nelly-design.ru/upload/files/14548980239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detaycopymatbaa.com/userfiles/file/rewosodikegaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42b2ac68d9---178031864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd1b9f9b12fab088e4b9a58220e2d4a8/kikuwurow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/dukudapekofonezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7fccb5f78---63551304572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-5/20210505105050818274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcsfood.com/images/file/95112597298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/kubozusopodevipotaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photo-preiss.com/upload_files/files/19600156136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/67150417724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094858f581fe---wosarenilawamapomokewij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e13c850a3b---lonevolazazoxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be43d7c5f5f---lakowolawazadugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/832f44b560584a7d73f3b3a69e7f0242/lozimizitowibomivak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71becec4640a1be7870bc90c7e19bd7f/savanezona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991dfa6c9a9---50519110118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jogetujanepowixezunosol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aamuhsv-madisonalumni.org/files/files/rapupibitemanetipapavebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sja76bllivg065p97ovisol07v/vonunikili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/gexerukutigavupuzutel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotec-industrie.be/userfiles/file/44778373788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/nuweru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=manantiales+en+el+desierto+libroPDF 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_off0000c5aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5AA 18064 bytes
SHA-256: bc22d5ce865bec13de224b0b3e33fb797f4eb3bda576e18885ad4715e090b0fd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3FF 10376 bytes
SHA-256: a3c35721c151756846ee5500e92036964f9b9187a90650bea8b7f8acb376e9c5
font_02_sfnt_off00010b8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1