Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5c76740f07c589a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-10-11 16:26:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: b8e8d206702db59d069ba354ddd570f9 SHA-1: 41b07d6b2ff623b1509b8930e105b1a1a8898c16 SHA-256: a5c76740f07c589aef737808dc1642b444151652bc322f55d0ca7697760ffa2b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 https://estatecambodia.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/22354523374.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ark-mr.com/data/home/qxu2063190031/htdocs/uploadfile/files/ruzimovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158bd0f3e620---14010721921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunrise-photon.com/upfiles/editor/files/tiwofuxutukufogovixoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zugukefewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budapesticukraszdak.hu/userfiles/files/sejegunikubegepatexosuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fgcrubochi.com.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nenezofapivaxigededijano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedwines.com/cmsCart/upload/file/52383556885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godparents4tz.org/home/god/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37922560006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d43f8e5b3a7b6ad31158aa38a012f43/6034416737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/lezuxowubexojolisuzub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161409341ec368---namekoxilodepugesofaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/joxodoxoduxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/difosefizojuriteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaytonfa.com/upload/files/61502099616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicentrumnz.eu/medicentrum/files/file/6695058368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morganmethod.com/ci/userfiles/files/15290443885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamasataccessories.com/userfiles/files/dawepomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qlohas.com/CKEdit/upload/files/33374729250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dd-eng.com/files/files/63968370154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615320d3d7aaf---8660218654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nujhimachal.in/img/uploads/files/sukoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferien-in-zahren.de/images/file/62911224504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volareinmongolfiera.it/userfiles/files/dodewovepaxinefuwataz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garmin10.ddbseven.cl/userfiles/file/73360727361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.slappedtogether.com/editoruploadfiles/file/33724218057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/petegedemokitiwijezux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/leteterameravuzudokel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/896FEnmJZlk/uplcv?utm_term=driver%27s+license+book+onlinePDF 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_off0000cf0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF0E 17108 bytes
SHA-256: f822076f3b9cb2b839ced5d31c11b8aee3f086539732d85babf0742d473af899
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB6E 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 2ad7ea312ef510b81b1f3fbf32304c5a8e3cb334e3431de98161a7d73235eb68
font_02_sfnt_off000112cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1