Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5bf61958bee3aac1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:05:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 12ed66a2680ad809bf52114bcb47582d SHA-1: a1314c8e0773d849d9e809296c386ca124bec971 SHA-256: 5bf61958bee3aac128b265b959c3639f8b38029a70289653e1c65d43fc0edd9c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be a screenshot, further supporting the lure tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dna+codon+table+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joxujetukibewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35813cc4gsg8kdqb7ro3v9im84/jozekijuduwafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccb9f7c39e94f56a7f708866331dd720/xadufapimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lulanjina.net/upload/files/74611546892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/tigejirunefoloduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernardthevenet.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17530321720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804970e6699---tavupavibabazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangs-ns.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210612072437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/82501646244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkirbilaw.com/userfiles/files/33579661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021051122364225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63147699863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/dudubuwogaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/1248309670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/8794054200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1625706196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739e325bbf3---fopaguwasokivinofumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f6dc3bab68e5b67f5efa65a7367b202/kizasido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/julisufirowudulopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/1254227165612174b59b25b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birsamundapark.in/userfiles/files/81721927068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af6f6d249d6---94896419169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/75099390820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jobsandhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/zokeku.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_off0000aed5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAED5 14024 bytes
SHA-256: cd3d57bb9dc4034ee27df9050754eae64941c936c3ce3489f5468f924d4df6c2
font_01_sfnt_off0000d148.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD148 10396 bytes
SHA-256: e97d4a1c6d8a1fbc069054ced16c2a0a9e053c6fad96a9be9d633f6b431b73c2
font_02_sfnt_off0000e8b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1