Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f7a8171294eb9b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:12:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 572f597bd7e3a576d5d314f2fe60e0bc SHA-1: ba1cb7c6c539db2200c368005551bae460c97e0e SHA-256: 5f7a8171294eb9b572fede2067005d2fdbb4c2667e8975528a293c6999ad5df0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attack pattern involving luring users to potentially malicious content hosted externally.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manual+variador+altivar+11+en+espa%C3%B1ol PDF link annotation
    • http://eg-connect.com/uploads/editorfiles/file///fewavenamomozozazinedad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/27873335096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cccd171fc32---43796134149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867039bda82---8256244656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i4euf42hbqnfbsc7u7a49sil3a/fokofaduvugefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607596c456f28---77180425175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/85339448201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/xiduwifisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121b4f079de2---51673562169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlevitin.ru/fck_editor_files/files/8108648797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce253f3bdf---kawukusemumepitezaxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7u7nntvuc5khcf830r9gt0q8b7/gaxebatopus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6553e5f733e2fe192bc2e8779388dac2/45354940126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608675d87d568---wesuminisugazijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccc39ce4d21---nefuwizurelixaritowawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/vofejefodixage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://distributoram.com/files/file/41810760162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamor.org/userfiles/file/wemiwidomuwojetifixeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ga8ilpf50gbsn31k3asu1762l/86819014771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9ae70d17e---91791349212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.de/userfiles/file/17408243866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/14239840419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/73088952588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/50769236432.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_off0000c2bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2BB 10804 bytes
SHA-256: d172923ecb697ff02df00958905ad12a85ff2aebbe6c9d3ae090cfd504c92ced
font_01_sfnt_off0000db87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB87 18052 bytes
SHA-256: b939ed4606809970202473ec1622db1334ace1e4d3f379ddd4d184f7f1c9206a
font_02_sfnt_off000109a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1