Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d1655f87e2aafb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:29:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 398b11d4cdd7cd289b439d4c87dc58ff SHA-1: 4011efe443d3926683f44a706ba88946059b45f5 SHA-256: 5d1655f87e2aafb79be813bb327299be2b18438b25b822fe71cfbd28a4332615
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, pointing to the use of algorithmically generated URLs on disposable hosting for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e41893d8cc6---64605864032.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073fde541274---dosokeket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087be2d1c819---8001653522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgj8ecbf84ln6bqltlv2bras66/35783817936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equalitas.es/userfiles/file/82025619560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/26114317554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/88382810643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/85893947698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611752bcbf129---masabazobovogugujevozof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eeb8da8930---bivubimojimumumigafuxeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmhs1963.com/clients/7/72/7286fd37811b7a5dece6e69924e4d5ab/File/vuxomatujen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://berettyotv.hu/userfiles/files/74921033784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/93421695781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/15596408412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3c26c6a20---banigevotijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/4407287024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otczenacts.com/media/files/nifudolezupuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herculesestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fevazowopevolomuvatizom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orourkelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xiraxiripizobipos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verypool.cn/images/upload/File/31841753768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofitecnic.es/files.ofitecnic/fck_up/file/gewevatizivojuzopiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c639ea32ec63128e6961198067ba30c/vuzavomobabufasinex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4nor2jtg1gq21vl6pio3cmpv2/refadogukavemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc92c81d74c82679b089675c282356f2/bifukekinoraxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=data+strategy+bernard+marr+pdfPDF 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_off0000d9b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B7 17996 bytes
SHA-256: 4d5633806fee4aebb406151d02c5cdd135e39beb272932a8d1198c07e15dc34b
font_01_sfnt_off00010862.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10862 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012079.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12079 10840 bytes
SHA-256: e6150f406b8071ad697db94d98af45ef60653405272ee3460596defddfa09a18

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