Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d0a009960580053…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-06-15 18:07:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 000cb9fbc9ad38fa7a1421f69976fdd4 SHA-1: d244535b9647203e70ac16cee315a6b08e807bb9 SHA-256: 5d0a00996058005391ab396d8417007c5887725c4bf0346537d14d1c597da989
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or facilitate phishing. The presence of a URL related to 'gta v mobile apk file download' indicates a lure to trick users into downloading malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+v+mobile+apk+file+download PDF link annotation
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ad14bea35---tinitijilajewivagema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tencanpowder.com/d/files/48850345242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072418e49096---xozolile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/lanajibitokavosavawariwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084751833330---68630381750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/887c4bb9935ce7ce986258f163c8af5a/rejokanugisoxutezudozizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c25e67bfc00---mejowiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafepiolho.com/uploads/assets/56469329073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85332bff7f---25987098981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e673ca7b4f---dakimolom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salinahighschool1968.com/clients/3/33/33fcb9b832a528c934b1ac42c6b88a99/File/ludilem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abafa08a52d---12170656707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebslang.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/jikono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-22/20210522130723611142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c3cac5f5576e5cee197b56074fe509f/48146470897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6doebd3ne0tqsiq9nc2ojq5734/80640137096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ukpm5qvqu8d32jklplgl03aci1/67231418492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc3fblklbc4n34klpdbv44lg72/kasuvewigejominodupij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f9734521e---90671659964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/zazitarusirifasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e604.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE604 5300 bytes
SHA-256: 40e7a3cc71c7182c62dac0ac29360a50a500308f270cf6dfcd0e54de091f9b11
font_01_sfnt_off0000f819.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF819 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 3c9f70df86db1d271e5de13ff887038ccbb572fe28a574c95fb621b8ef53a031