Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c658df727f4d04e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-08-22 02:07:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 11091c4ac4017bbfd980020f14fe6d9f SHA-1: a4eacfaf97f898cff0236b06ed5446f6ebe1f481 SHA-256: 5c658df727f4d04ed754296aeb71d5010254dfec9d22a934cff104e6c5b26771
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide clear textual lures, but the heuristic firings strongly indicate a malicious link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://keongracun.org/contents//files/60504892902.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://conviviodihera.it/dati/upload/file/58839371045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf380bdbde46f6079fffd5fc7b026666/10358912222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102d0a22c972---vaboxakezosewuzajinovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/94089345004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/zipaxolekesomeputepoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ritadas.in/userfiles/file/ronab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/048f6d0850c70d2886874f2877b8986f/41664841487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a2d2ec68cdd2c2f0f56a6fa0fb77cc3/65215891802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aglogistics-bo.net/userfiles/file/62263364752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be2499a9c9e---segonalebojaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/gofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dedikememikabakaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56c4309689598c3859222de059a40997/fukojevapasijebipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargiskola.ge/myadmin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dosebesazar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/najosuxaxerepiwalebizazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/lasijafisukut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3honr55adani4dvq087jklenq/90457881163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9518f5f8a4---seworewamixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsanaq.com/upload/file/210806123533388752edehmwmjg0xg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc72c91245---10324012075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8d46571c65661c77c49576df6d0da29/rakejoguvarel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vishwkarmaenterprises.com/webroot/img/userfiles/files/mamusibetamelibebawesara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=toastmaster+air+fryer+user+manualPDF 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_off0000e74a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE74A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF61 10552 bytes
SHA-256: c70f5c4891132abd7a14d13dd8b32a7e97b06a244a9859cf4c03a140df4ea52e
font_02_sfnt_off00011779.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11779 17672 bytes
SHA-256: 9748bdb4bbab0dd3d1e1570d8472e4676bf69ad92d70a7203c06c33c417dfba0