Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d0ecf6737f58e9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 03:06:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 55b763333a3bf5dce381fb5f8f054be8 SHA-1: 9ad5baa9f28d357bca52b6f2ff565b34a6f5d3a5 SHA-256: 5d0ecf6737f58e9ebdd5fdb7c5ae7cd10570aef243b87955deeeb1a9df5e44f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or redirection strategy. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature, indicating the PDF is likely a phishing or malware distribution vehicle.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=medical+parasitology+dr+arora+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/sadipagunap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongzzang.com/userfiles/file///zivewivopemidukarigoraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pastravariaizvoarelebratiei.ro/images/file/40265519772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/remolejepape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praktijkbinnenstad.nl/file/82758524712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/71291919010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curvesncontours.com/userfiles/file/33626564236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/tufewegisutezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130d11a5f21d---gijametenuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/galazowevetuxigerole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161317c4b20095---95128570642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19fc256013ffb1e680a7ef128a29d13e/90854129341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elliptical-trainers.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mumakotapubimijawaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcntanduc.vn/img_duhoc/files/rotejuvudowigup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28b7ea01b31b51f70cfcb8d14282d540/jokigunusiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/daneresi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36312ec178522247731d100488008563/poliroweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150005.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210917220449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consoles-a-gagner.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vekilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4rjtgl1n2ud3cl9nvu29b2veft/73032608972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esterkins.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82622360012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gugugroup.com/userfiles/difopodififabikoxenajisul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131889c6b2d7---53324185189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/wepunalufimezibanepulebeb.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://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_off0000ca2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA2D 17612 bytes
SHA-256: 0a8bce6c2786c4de596d05cda61a07e03c6cd20d9adcc4c2490bcd81ef8cc045
font_01_sfnt_off0000f82b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF82B 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 5961f70c26b42152508aeb77ab9886bd6c6e15241ff5df2c24272fc27779be58
font_02_sfnt_off000111aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1