Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e178f8d95998567…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:35:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 926e97fe00e1ce14c9418b6e39583905 SHA-1: 653e71d119af3d6de89c3fbefbe3acd7a38eb379 SHA-256: 5e178f8d95998567bbcb465092b4825ae9ac9ea2b940e09d5ba3ee9aadbf7e6f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/981d8b2f971c1847300eb3bf2fae2d1a/16618828526.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://crimesla.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/19079969071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/43135760178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4df80a8c26---givisarane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7123961aee458c128b123905e220f48/pizojixiwasagoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/memoxezelilazomoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cana.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/37695443644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac48e5dde98---lijejogorofipirup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netpost.vn/upload/userfiles/files/komazogojefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/zuzugelowegupurazom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3958f897b56451f56031ecabbcfbbca/zoluwujanepaweme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai-guesthouse-chiangmai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86447673870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/xikixatase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wadirumshootingstars.com/userfiles/file///37064661976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kme-kme.cz/files/file/pelas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af95f68252d---42359211417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c0cc6a968bbd7f4bcb0068755d8e9d/lagofixegotidinonudetikor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/535df66001ca7f6c5800dc621025da6e/kesat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021051915431651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ee702350ce---38183946471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/jinitizabedojaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b43eea15680---67546250830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ud99aevco3joucqj4jamvekb8r/pobiwurufiwadirijidulidog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=henry+viii+and+six+wives+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_off0000d235.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD235 10588 bytes
SHA-256: e5c4eb8c00fc16cb006ee8c6cd506018ccdb19f41e836c13882b8882c0f8ff39
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA7E 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 3b58fbdd7d5641a5e2a6079fbd244d1c7607b429968fa023d20d27a667f908db
font_02_sfnt_off0001170a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1170A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1