Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5b66d71dd00dfa6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 14:53:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fcdaf1b5e9322a057b38fe5772c7ce6f SHA-1: 2f999f0d65980d32eb7eb5b2d90ae55fca8b814f SHA-256: a5b66d71dd00dfa6feb2b6d5b0e42d31249b133f0057f4b4b9416862adbe9688
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URIs pointing to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or use link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing or trojan activity. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URI patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=geographic+information+systems+%26+science+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51766170844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/62899397511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-14/20210714143010168797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8o88pl481fmsth773b6fosoq4/93820169116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd1e5bea2c0---sesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/683264112b6fe1d0f36847d1453cd01f/wukedasorokufomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milliondollardesiclub.com/upload_files/featured/files/setezusupapowodorezixik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c652acc1e4d725cd115029cbf5bd712e/43845367565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/dosij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents//files/33481624227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/kujunatidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blesk-stroy.ru/userfiles/files/46056764498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799e71dcdcd---87032903763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca939534510---joruwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/mijulimurorusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teormech.ru/teormech/usrimg/file/jivulerimabiruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc426447a3---sulisumusigenirinodi.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://optykglowacki.pl/obrazki/files/372794662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linpus.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/1368936346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b49837194c52dc28a6c685a0184c56c4/xogikid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45aad06138412c69dddc7b6e003e813c/desipomawipudulogewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3a5d99601a---gofuvujoboxoperugasara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/12281215691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinge168.com/uploads/files/20210807195319_909472.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_off0000eb56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB56 18388 bytes
SHA-256: 68179907bfc5ee510e2e3dfbae9550b94de3f7f578fec46a86ed29a494f7a2cf
font_01_sfnt_off00011b32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B32 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013349.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13349 11036 bytes
SHA-256: ca03d31ee297002cf322640819289d6ecd11cd95fd61712eb72d2d68b0b01f7e