Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f2ef17b055a9d93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:43:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7d265de0f227a61fad9a5be106a8a155 SHA-1: ad4f3f275f1bba38b250cb32fff596798b4cc7ad SHA-256: 5f2ef17b055a9d93219435e910c2384aa7dd76288f35b19717b85169662e4744
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://www.tekkoo.net/images/library/File/56785452381.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610537b316497---lipeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronikarp.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gajuzenobivitas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/0134451201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xuwezudiwovuwoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9d84353b0---54554375420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f27szerviz.hu/upload/files/61144357243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endemic-capital.ru/uploads/files/65854662911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/28766699516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f48893e6091---49302783709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f3aa8199f---95806029198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.arborvitae.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luxutitemofalafaduxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9488526031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/27642153837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acfc01be0a4b90714f85513cd947a864/24788779357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929a28bab73---fezotomodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093c067cb612---89168944244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/73153491198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-energy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75783769694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/2717007199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4da4f47bed---46521113250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/zuwexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f3b19d918---jupozamuvededuresune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=alphabetic+principle+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_off0000e19b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE19B 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 711fb3ff45ca9215d42450e016ad47d6f9b9a897c5fda9600f251c0351840e79
font_01_sfnt_off0000f958.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF958 18376 bytes
SHA-256: 00b3b37f4ae9c1f8b3207063e80b1174033080623ade60dc1492b74ed870f32a
font_02_sfnt_off00012884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12884 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1