Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ce7b67e158997db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 11:36:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dc6f9a927f78f894b7ff6c37a670e654 SHA-1: 0f8d6dbf9ade172161ebb1ba73da580535058467 SHA-256: 5ce7b67e158997db7740ffd2fb4f2310b0f20f2d72aaa6fa216b1337b2edfbb8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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 http://csc-028.com/userfiles/file/20210627170107_rehbjz.pdf
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/49755893221.pdf
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/dovaderutaxukukirejusete.pdf
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbd0b322032e08db55314e8ab1744d5c/14900168461.pdf
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88e0a2543ed8afffc68b4b361d6e75f6/51436050718.pdf
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1191981d6671785ce9365ab7cb7b02e8/96250052815.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38590562c96c9758f0819bc7daa3deb9/27500518045.pdf
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hppp89qtbmue7esov3d9vguo3/kadawukawagipiniwe.pdf
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c61eef701e45afbf222d22156881b1a/23861657908.pdf
    • http://g-shocktou.com/user_file/file/55265224075.pdf
    • http://agriturismofattorialucciano.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zasixisebebopako.pdf
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/naxanesumawasatomuxab.pdf
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090457b8e17e---busigolumima.pdf
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c304b5d8e5e---75951327834.pdf
    • http://reelproductionshd.com/userfiles/file/74771061786.pdf
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/bidepog.pdf
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c72d91e12a5---zewazuxidaxa.pdf
    • http://hrt-foto.hu/_user/file/70799388907.pdf
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833cc10ba28---86805030442.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=the+poem+by+amy+lowell+questions+and+answers
    • 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_off0000bba0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBA0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3b2.bin
a79fe804c17eb8fd70dddae42d850626150ff0ca5aea6064595cb1964dd739e2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3B2 17040 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff41.bin
8d63faca08c01fe0ce1dcfaca58788ab6cb038a52b66ce2719a270d0f6a24842
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF41 11204 bytes