Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5da3a89af43526e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-08-26 19:51:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: acb69afd29ac0dda73e285c0cb1eff82 SHA-1: a173e465f0a31c82427e2723d88640254d5a651e SHA-256: 5da3a89af43526e7118206e211919300a1715f1ae5e364755020a8ac4834a78e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+qualitative+characteristics+of+useful+financial+information
    • https://quangcaobienbang.vn/upload/fck/file/jizofonejaz.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607328bc005a8---puwidezeputeguzogelex.pdf
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r65sk0foke3a33l1pul7k6nac6/takijijatajatomaramumixe.pdf
    • http://lakehighlandsrw.org/clients/863582/File/xigakubalumanetejej.pdf
    • http://goodlack.cz/userfiles/file/dajavakafanuwaruxal.pdf
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/83402514504.pdf
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de72d018e9d---35169168541.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/878280b92ad085351df55e3e9220b55e/zosisonotisopazajirexezer.pdf
    • http://agriturismocorteerbatici.it/userfiles/files/90166811781.pdf
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077494311e78---pofogaki.pdf
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/libozujojavikinew.pdf
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e7e1da16a---42778028180.pdf
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4e29d14d3---rezololokiduzofepori.pdf
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/mimakijulanojefavu.pdf
    • https://markyatirim.com/resimler/files/gumobojasosidibizojezete.pdf
    • https://rzfmuhasebe.com/userfiles/file/kabunatik.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d123389e8b063735a5f660edf21aa21/wewiwikivenimug.pdf
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/72214456757.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6d819f1c43---mazokokivofowiwol.pdf
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/72729625918.pdf
    • https://abyway.lv/images/ck_images/files/68176430455.pdf
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/63462945506.pdf
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a662c007757---tusefajifaginokega.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d97c.bin
f4f993b739135c635f6c3478aa7ad33262d415d4ab4e6b619965097b3f935bd8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD97C 10876 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f27b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010a8d.bin
3fea2c3294d2326e49b0043ab3dc8783298902e30535f48c4dfc2c24e978ba45
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A8D 16352 bytes