Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5697ab8f465bdd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:36:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 2aaac701793ea13a2117bc7f7c1437b4 SHA-1: efe8eed725b7ca794c8541fabdf5de60065ca9fb SHA-256: a5697ab8f465bdd6a9bd430cbd0f582cd99b857cb81b39400d7286fad57e9821
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to direct users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to exploit users through a malicious attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=logitech+k400+wireless+touch+keyboard+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://vodova51-53.cz/files/46595232385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e5569e9fcfcd4fefa704a08259b3e4d/91641517421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/redatelatoxawoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weborder.cloud/userfiles/file///defoketaxodokel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ecbac2ea8---kabotexuxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddu-hk.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rumipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nccutrackandfieldnation.com/clients/2/2c/2cea5a7e730406ee40dfbbde6098010c/File/junupaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864f39267bb---fokebavimokozuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjpusp77bhhh0l6ro4encl66o6/77414822763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/7746732522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/jobozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/845b4ac4fceadf28e564ef31adb20023/56839652665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/ririboximesibubenajokot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopexpert.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/69164010073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenvision.vn/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/nevugazibidilazesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c68828c0e1b---tinokuwuzixagozeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/vegiduronuxaloluvidav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/lalodogutawujedaxufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/89723581639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qkon.ca/images/file/mobumigekulogezozijemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/91320793182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aadf3f0cb71---62969185560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealordhotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72500407223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d07a2d904---xuvaruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/migexunipapojiguwolojun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maximatrimony.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pozidodegakivukuworupa.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_off0000ded2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDED2 11508 bytes
SHA-256: 590ac81527c6066f6d2832d62e5b40174290126d7b06eb29ce6fb203c43da8d5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9C6 21524 bytes
SHA-256: 38751a0f95f6ab7fbded7afc1593c26bfc49521cdb80a9a6d0d7d19c6244aa85
font_02_sfnt_off0001319e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1319E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1