Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b5b7189de47330c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

157.8 KB Created: 2021-08-21 09:59:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 42b017b40ffae0dd03b5b6ae209cb84a SHA-1: 1d3a07605fbb197ab83831757715826dee57969c SHA-256: 6b5b7189de47330c7582bc4462812ed6c5362ba7724299a1140b0e54b9a92377
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect the user to a site that serves further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://hiro-seiko.com/upload/files/62395888491.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/20217494757457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/jepasilixozube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeosingol.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210629_7D0E2F0C1B83108F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bm4hnhgn63u3cdo5itcoflo13q/4102795793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chnli.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/zixopowivawojiwikutasibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/71662844171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://client-sms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42210868889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqpiog9fgh4f8fiqscvhr0utkg/libinelavozubewudekutake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d189422a166c89c2579967afef80faee/jokomowagojeresigovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qdad91sqnfe8k7802oiubhijm4/sudaluburipabigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fcimoveis.com/imgs/file/79078435413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandcougars83.com/clients/2/26/268573c5102cd00412bac87cee9346ec/File/78672507635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a379e7002c---34085206353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/luxojinupoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tugutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607815902781c---gizuluzamozafologasopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnlcoach.com/misc2/file/In PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a2d823eaa---65905640670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072aac1ae247---18188743871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcs10p9hcaj0fods9k6f39fsof/soravupowupifarorifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/vetonejaridefovawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantanalmsnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bareme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/bebefakazizogavesorel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liffeyartefacts.com/fckimagefile/file/28181152512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ave+maria+sois+notre+secours+partitionPDF 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_off000203b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x203B5 20644 bytes
SHA-256: 7f5ab27927a80a7dd26d2e089653f52d059eabb239c3fde8012f1c13117f695e
font_01_sfnt_off000235fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x235FA 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 9b8ed844caea88767dac3568edfbe0345b39f625c3c047a8daab040bd6c342a2
font_02_sfnt_off00024e5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24E5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1