Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f9602d1369ac6dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:32:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5d013fcc215f6c7db4f6feff7b6e8244 SHA-1: ea2b44e725ecbec3f23b769379cbd2a1c8840f9a SHA-256: 5f9602d1369ac6ddfe7de77855a1427af4b0848dc98c2e23f441ae252156802d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristic firings indicating it is a link farm pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, with one URL specifically flagged as algorithmically generated. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier also strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous external links suggests an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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 http://maksimetall.ru/files/ralefimiwarinive.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/30992648768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b509f492c44ecf77c4aa48da938074e4/sirisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/vezela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075afb07545c---fulipifozazefolup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88c8f47c990dd37d75d315086c3c6f8c/18773643823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///tizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da394b40b80140775eb1d9217a64ef31/lopasafoparila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2baad0914c09593a944d73acb0e2ab5a/burunusabumekutaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itemclinicchina.com/ckupload/files/duzupanebumiwuledej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608727dde4c9c---61615088426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081196860b16---suzipipola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commissioncollectionlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rukevilun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082983dc9e3f---fedenisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/20421954348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/nazaluxonomefakisure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7203b116a8---54134304992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockfordauburn1966.com/clients/8/85/8549db0cc7d1f63cce07d3be93bd6f3d/File/rubuxekolagidiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed22264ffcc---naturodabadowude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benefielddarrenfordhicksunited.com/clients/2/21/2186b72972973349411f8b90e6071e14/File/fepejizibivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belloverde.net/emailer/file/7039426574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-ball.net/files/file/wakugufutanedutesojat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074477796c33---51971767561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=nondirectional+research+hypothesisPDF 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_off0000d092.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD092 10700 bytes
SHA-256: d704b87cab955a100c4b530a507e3c552fab64b6b0db541807b9a7ab955245c8
font_01_sfnt_off0000e911.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE911 17708 bytes
SHA-256: fd26cce7335d8508231b82f5ea0543f1655f2a2f7a064d17b1213ef44c307872
font_02_sfnt_off000116d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1