Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c7d8ba4d1cd0a2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:01:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7066060ce178e1d14beacd752f3d7461 SHA-1: 7ce6fe2413a6a69da842f3f1535c49ce921e50eb SHA-256: 5c7d8ba4d1cd0a2c30abb143b4aa379cad2208f6071e9f2d38b8fa37ca7eb83d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, forming a link farm. These links likely serve as redirects to phishing pages or malware download sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=telecharger+gratuitement+bescherelle+la+conjugaison+pour+tous+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7vk2ktgtfeva2t3sslfojscpt/58806756463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuilder.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mapevujewetogiwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoklej.pl/app/webroot/media/files/16693001525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46n8l52i1fp9pe3if4gjj5ll44/93588636488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9r31a7v0d7k2jqig4f9rhjnls0/rakagibemiribifaxaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artetendasud.it/userfiles/files/gepozoginuzuxuzininufig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161291e60def8e---kijiwulawevazolumovud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resttour.com/images/userfiles/files/79345285163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/zexofotodabulujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611db01d8f0af---44281444729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavachhaiphong.com/upload/files/12140814586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majortaylorride.info/images/uploaded/file/zogif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df5fba5935---xamijipudufebigasixigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://picinterior.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mumubiseva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pioneerbuzz.net/userimages/gajan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d00798227249420226adf66418ff87e/libesegurakukoxoredobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094de6c4f754---8547843646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/9846321257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://club-integra.ru/userfiles/file/70999304072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef0rcskfdi0eommeegmqhgfqb0/mubapamamukakixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safetyhanoi.com/userfiles/file/92371558660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenvalleykerala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72315250758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/50212150959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crownprolaw.cn/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/vagonenobipebitifelude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32a4653197072f2c9e16d5ec8ba814e3/wanujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energiadirect.pl/application/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26126214521.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_off0000d17e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD17E 20980 bytes
SHA-256: 5adb0a0947d89d1c9dc12c7c25f26e011715011ad05a6ed5b5acb826e4ba3391
font_01_sfnt_off00010618.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10618 11400 bytes
SHA-256: 4e6ea84f5d7b47504e429d7413e13d0f04eaca36a455ef88bf114a9c6ab78b21
font_02_sfnt_off00012058.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12058 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1