Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f596d52408204da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-09 08:03:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 0b26acab1944d8fab808f0da60966099 SHA-1: 1b2c2c8a8749df50738cc43d95ffcb1fceb0a7fb SHA-256: 5f596d52408204da58c6c3edccbb9b46f701ff12ec9dae4b898b115f813f0c5f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=classic+tetris+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130d70193583---pobifewobalilerewivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theipbuzz.com/images/file/40470628600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/falowikupugewevunajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsup.co.th/uploads/ckfinder/files/dufutilimekax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psyforyou.nl/upload/fckeditor/file/63051204447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commandhousecreations.com/uploads/files/32399518070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyvale.com/wysiwygfiles/file/tigawevibadivesilifisof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/76655325448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpi1pusat.com/contents/files/56439456978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcaps99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95828144507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phu-komplex.pl/pliki/file/menagedokabaxukorijido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangduy.vn/vn/files/lanafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smepil.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/6455775222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabriziocar.it/userfiles/files/1780228856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/girerupodiwitil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/numegagudovazapaxava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulmarconsult.com/files/9664265443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/8708981942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f0c0041b956b0fdf903d960bfbf68a3/51738909101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exms.fr/sites/default/files/file/69554467069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rnb4au0qlgfjuqac225nivgge6/20343365431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pension-chevaux-haras-gabereau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19879400147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/xememulajukag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepinonuk.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_off0000d75d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD75D 17828 bytes
SHA-256: 001043b8b02beade2af4ff3caf87052885b1bd33bec740de208db386c9f65f2c
font_01_sfnt_off00010585.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10585 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 5e79c0feddb62a0500973fe51d3ba14255c86d2ca77f291c1aa4b5f581ad443f
font_02_sfnt_off00011d27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1