Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5cfdeb0f4bcb6b42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:58:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 68c29fabd686f63d03ebe428fe6c724b SHA-1: de2cc01766c9007c864803bb9197293d96a9a5e7 SHA-256: 5cfdeb0f4bcb6b423226c0b0de04686b9055b4d5588e5c8cb71f3430f6b7cdc9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to download further malicious content from a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c94312ea3f---sobumujemanumuziroziga.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thomasgearon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/42066678004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itena.si/uporabnik/file/bedewevubiloxusozexofur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/1989409504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609103118b16c---10539597161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27605366766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benefielddarrenfordhicksunited.com/clients/2/21/2186b72972973349411f8b90e6071e14/File/75469906780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/toxiwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/miligibotadalalopizomozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerproductionline.com/d/files/38501987793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2d4ca151c0---xulemupizoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafichesirio.com/userfiles/files/97163120772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pappteam.hu/userfiles/file/38568367085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jindi2010.com/uploadfile/files/nubidabava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vsevolozhsk.mebel18.com/uploads/files/linogidosawupux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95fe9f386c---kametojozozujinenijeguge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkland.org/userfiles/files/47889216535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bd8fcef47e482ea6e30ea46cf39fe6a/64712685488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjburgerut.com/uploads/files/85837244873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/zawujumuwuzomadelobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bydnjl.com/userfiles/files/53542101039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/14600593887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/011f65eaa7c5c92684dc545f9d8726a2/62703679251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwanbim.com/userfiles/files/50884779484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0706460a7---20779536337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etenindex.nl/images/uploads/47684733697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=y11+wingroad+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_off0000e00b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE00B 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 46e70a05245758eb1318f6c674d91af59403aac4c709f6871a1c84a45ad22c48
font_01_sfnt_off0000f75b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF75B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F6D 17424 bytes
SHA-256: c21b530ebe5acda2038eccca8aee6967a8e3db688d2e6f80ed877fee4682ab1a