Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5de1f797c8b5e941…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.2 KB Created: 2021-08-25 19:20:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3949e408e6cb7f45dfdbf26e03d2a4db SHA-1: a2acca83ebb6240814fb8d51efe9a0eefe985241 SHA-256: 5de1f797c8b5e941c0f77d3c19b3703e47937f233a9c19a906ab1993ce987b09
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://sam-global.info/files/file/wibuwamin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zibetokibeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d6f8fcdp4sdbrlho13tt2hjuf/55650887233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsilver.kr/files/fckeditor/file/172333266760ffe736247d7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b93a6267a70f378a3bb97f4f86cbd9bd/pefolorawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c17e53908efed1a3a62c397a80e0e62/65750100294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839c7b77222---gemusowitokopuwexugavirek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tubokudeguvuxisutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/76762951328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c43f31efb8e---zunij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dede054e81c---95810481424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/navolimefepexegekip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavillonwohlen.ch/userfiles/files/rokovumes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/lonovudomiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ace2e0465---26743902128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinmexindia.com/uploads/zuvif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/11228780019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/83592165100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itemclinicchina.com/ckupload/files/28932963665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce7cac89ad01688c29883f0841b303c1/85676061543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb10dd6f22---11706347336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czpohledavky.cz/userfiles/files/gubojefozuvuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608468f107de9---52258782696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=primary+organs+of+excretionPDF 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_off00016284.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16284 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00017a9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17A9B 10848 bytes
SHA-256: db20a86104486d038566e70060381e2f5b074ebe58aecc0d68ba19032041cb26
font_02_sfnt_off000193b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x193B5 16728 bytes
SHA-256: 74b8de620ac6567baeca9e912da0e76a76f914a3509e7281e2910bfbb6954f4d