Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5be356592eacd380…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 21:05:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bf9793aa486dfef75019c45d0a285e99 SHA-1: 8a2edf6a1d898ebee8d2f972f9035d976873f5ef SHA-256: 5be356592eacd380980d4b9c35bcff5e4943e44c2bbbe4d95a9864cc15980635
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including links to algorithmically generated URLs and compromised CMS upload storage. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful external content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 https://7foro.exceltur.org/exceltur_nuevo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77347102220.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/bitalazalakerakuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/majomarin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parikshitconstruction.com/uploads/vurenekigubamovezufesux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://max-metal.pl/gfx/file/25053699670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofitecnic.es/files.ofitecnic/fck_up/file/sekobanososivagam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haithuanphat.com/uploads/files/75524708622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealand-pptc.com/userfiles/file/1703122930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klwas.org/userfiles/images/file/gazisanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/17817984048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vilnius.cvzona.lt/resources/img/files/kobiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trongtinpc.com/luutru/files/pibazupupaxiduxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hejia-ele.net/upload/8511190854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360ec554bf1---3754803935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/60962527069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicellbank.com/userfiles/files/petosixuwogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loxocongnghiep.com/MINH/user_files/file/voligodutoxoxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikol-styl.cz/userfiles/file/mojukivavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatvideo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/turuvisapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stthomasorthodoxchurchsouthpampady.com/userfiles/file/54415705715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchisefarm.franchiseharbor.com/files/files/30461887280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd2e9890eace42bee7e133880880bed2/44624461757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/jofasifogiwitagujovitupux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/meremema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142402d330e1---25640708678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupa-energia.pl/attachments/file/92998392114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=walking+hack+pokemon+go+androidPDF 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_off0000b572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB572 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 8dd8d0c2af6d8891c98d032ee210b8d8ab8ff982768493cd5173ed6291f8b1e9
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDC3 15856 bytes
SHA-256: 5e29037f2eae36e1df5755d5a41267c3d6239ef4c67810e515109112b46ccdd9
font_02_sfnt_off0000f66c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF66C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1