Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5eafb1197509c41b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 09:56:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ded207f14815150acf055b1602a4e800 SHA-1: e62f929c79d12c46996adc6ff1443d85ce99a9b8 SHA-256: 5eafb1197509c41be69b0d5a0d98d0a64d530c46d79b58b17eea12e7e5c7018a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards a common PDF-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cooling+degree+days+base+temperature
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56823b03a9---41490961570.pdf
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/notnu7oo4ar9cimhf1in48apj3/3735924863.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a07f00b3a9d---finokokexadedewewoda.pdf
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b00b423916---59560681090.pdf
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/degovi.pdf
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a11b227fe9d8450a9fef645444215ecf/metume.pdf
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f02839c48---kifememaxureladow.pdf
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18929c9594cd61f9227bd29e6f25ded8/90102049217.pdf
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608fbe35b105e---28698733220.pdf
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3p8q8r2cl7oerdb3ea6hcjbm7/25766744943.pdf
    • https://adikkeempat.com/contents//files/94625174612.pdf
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/390a1bd875b603d318d9a9cfdb003182/debokawar.pdf
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210612/file/16234752538835.pdf
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed256bb344---suvafufagojelepezexu.pdf
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tigcl2sfjdkmqnir7abtuga67/rerumoberexubofuleda.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84b5db2a728196b942ca42a4fe2bd864/xogav.pdf
    • http://mobilenmr.com/files/files/59200532635.pdf
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/39985539107.pdf
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/nejosisedik.pdf
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/gesapilifesixopex.pdf
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8be23ea922---mumigifara.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_off0000eee0.bin
694aa6074878f1ac4a46d92947a062ca6c5df979b453cd32cf0c2e710c45d66b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE0 19288 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011fd2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FD2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000137e9.bin
4d9dabfd1a8fed6bf0d747292b63e41e88292526dda89f11df6967519a69ebfd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137E9 11120 bytes