Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c19e51a0a44a484…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:07:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: aedd6345fc3b23867afc55821d3bfce3 SHA-1: a00c4097b3ee4cb4468b3677fe19587db7e6cba6 SHA-256: 5c19e51a0a44a484c8c21d3b82c19b45cc5c5297da57e94c50816cd1928a8aa3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for malicious redirection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and present these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+to+zulu+dictionary+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://grafiport.com/userfiles/file/sixijufomelijarolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t68dv1sla7up3cf7aom0egglp0/82309902379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a7d4519aa---87505798384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zamufavozakupidetilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giyimkent.formenemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/93318650057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfaspot.com/resimler/files/674656094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8672f8bac3fd3146c2d708ea0d399171/bigerisomiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b028daa63---daloxetezuxogumetadul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czpohledavky.cz/userfiles/files/ginaweputopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/papazatafolef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2c8a2d3cc3004fa4470d8b4b949d6a7/topitogiperimolapunamoxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodymason.com/user_uploads/files/45285383184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075247eccb0e---tunavuwelosam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eefv4b5021ljolhllqbcc12co7/tisogumetiwukuwetoxuzeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szcftz.com/upload/15237600738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w.radeton.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziwujawakor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085bcb0eabd6---watetegidako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/62510115465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7393bab33---69109530965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.si/upload/51740959208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e98b834839b1b6ebb568506bbea3d24d/20620117291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinamex.info/uploads/news_file/rurobuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c0044ef97---koxejela.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_off0000dd5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD5E 18636 bytes
SHA-256: a16999d32d3532eea231d4a0b32c16cdaeaadab61ac6a446d867a95a87b2ac82
font_01_sfnt_off00010d77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001258e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1258E 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 48cd6062cdfaac2e818d07165b859e64479324d079f6aa3d1a00ac6c868804b6