Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d6184af258db334…

MALICIOUS

PDF

124.7 KB Created: 2021-08-21 12:13:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4784792bffd6c4856a6783865076166e SHA-1: 0f22d890b49c4ddd16cd4b886e48f94d4b009cb3 SHA-256: 5d6184af258db334904c7b0e53ad6c3b28e209448282d8a556f9ae00926c004c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is indicative of a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 http://land89.com/ckupload/files/88655818884.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://confetti-seasons.ru/upload/files/wutosuvipovuvuzowevotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogoducthien.com/uploads/files/43883271481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/43226865584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b901ec1b50edb4a066f81036002d63b3/88521179145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtaixin.com/HangShun/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joniboranipefaveled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wilkinsconnection.com/clients/9/94/94ba1e7d864c5c8af3bb481f5f9f31de/File/xirezilolivafobamurazenis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/87791087061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjallstar.com/upload/file/xuxolijagiraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608618318b286---22341418538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c24a1a2f5---pimus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mgue730fot3itrc07u0b4kk607/19998345076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/wugipiwalizuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howaidalawyer.net/userfiles/file/fuvubafebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/873203f542a67c00448986b8eb903a80/35516781600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f0hguu71c2e6b5u7b8b1o33bf/83396937277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/39118476697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/35308738422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1637574e5a427e7a5b09b639df0a122/fomisixevizal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/dazemamamomelef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makeswebsites.com/clients/c/c8/c8c605999f3d8352d7bb792cf3fdb25b/File/43825700668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b61efdc1b8217385c26ce8fce741006/24182145518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1d29e3f8f---81572252287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/kipatanaxonolifanawexutab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69ntr20queqacld4gg49vqqfeq/55476410424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=ejemplos+de+reproduccion+vegetativaPDF 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_off00018597.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18597 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 330bb5ba49c617f4bf24c18e17e0ea4c0f0c967cda59089c74e606aa6bc52ac9
font_01_sfnt_off00019f58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19F58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001b76a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B76A 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 26dbd5e9271dbac0dd97f593e7321fd26e8cd914fd7250613cde3bdca328e97a