Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e0247411a8cc12a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 03:38:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b34fa9453213758db1b0bf8465a0b750 SHA-1: 7c76654a3df75b3a537698fd76033102d75d86f2 SHA-256: 5e0247411a8cc12a1c5486aec6aad0877e59795d09a8d7bd787bbc27003930b9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rbi+baseball+14+apk+data PDF link annotation
    • http://jeanthompson.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62922900416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b142bd4cdd60177c636b5ab799c9532d/bumasajeduwusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/nujuwenisemijigexite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indcms.testingmachines.com/images/file/37189599550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuanhomkinhtoanthang.com/media/file/51127327235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manpowernepal.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fujotemim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.solar-ovens.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70023275019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64330621291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azstorestudio.com/uploads/files/bakonibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143ba96c8a36---kamuzezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nurea.se/currency/userfiles/file/lozowosivonafibotojawisiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25462328674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editionsitaliques.com/userfiles/file/zuwimofip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakmeong.com/contents/files/35042105247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matfreklam.com/calisma2/files/uploads/getixukazumudiramuvubaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoka-saarlouis.de/userfiles/file/pivumipifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oralrem.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11334841704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reanda.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210902155016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://darkoyunpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/luwofewadetexewobalem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impex-italia.it/userfiles/files/74590860523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3798e16760a0e56bd8147c003ecd775/zatobufewokobirisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esangsok.com/upfile/files/bulizopurokirerefikega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51803945133.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://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_off0000c7c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7C4 19112 bytes
SHA-256: 4b31554a20c7703f61d5d725d47e2e5cb9f58ccc61bede9498611726f0e99e41
font_01_sfnt_off0000f953.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF953 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001116a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1116A 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 29f07bfb4637c406f19c952ccd7bc32b611728a05759d71754b421d4b7f78948