Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c017e95987f3493…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 05:58:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ff0128b7b522c0c9f29e88dd7d249320 SHA-1: d1cddbe14ec439d4f1fc0a70d561644aa9473fef SHA-256: 5c017e95987f3493bc2b2349b7c584f4783549886cebdfe7edfbed3c8cc2dcc4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for malicious redirection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host numerous URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=second+conditional+structure+pdf
    • https://quanghuydulich.vn/img_duhoc/files/nenunetikuvebosuki.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2pa5hr8i4kc25v9lm9g4aoc9n6/raxexogusobarofezupokif.pdf
    • https://edarky.net/data/file/gimulanivewifezifulen.pdf
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/41714742401.pdf
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743ac8b3a86---muzisefibubuvirezedo.pdf
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4ed2824fee---81132126557.pdf
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k3t8kd98pamnr2f98pilunmfls/sigepa.pdf
    • http://theurbanbazzaar.com/userfiles/file/91952792993.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/887tdqcovjojh6i1tv0napklu6/jajukarubal.pdf
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/bonorelibasezewumogu.pdf
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a535e9940044d41227851bd0c8c7230/rujimozepo.pdf
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/461ec44207b97c4d02d271eb977349d4/85288690976.pdf
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/92713923700.pdf
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/kakirawixod.pdf
    • http://feuerwehr-mittenwalde.de/mediathek/files/kusotesidogaje.pdf
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/nawujifusujo.pdf
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430215048792164.pdf
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9b6bf01e3---27198803840.pdf
    • https://paradigma.bg/uf/file/dawegirugoladudimef.pdf
    • http://nationalcoopadvisors.com/userfiles/files/pufuwobexumiwiloxaduxapib.pdf
    • http://willettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bivosema.pdf
    • http://stuarteisbrucklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/53093894026.pdf
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161126fde6d09d---61420138379.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c4ba.bin
ae1b41bf22cc893f800d80b64ad78f9664845cd1aef6973a4cf787bfda19e850
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4BA 10788 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddae.bin
13c727a50198764247bbe040e1dba1ec41305190e43e11d8474a72f7eed086fb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDAE 16460 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001080d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1080D 16792 bytes