Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5d097fc10015097…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 14:02:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fb2d4d10dd2f2cb3a9c639df01cce468 SHA-1: 7d3650f5444068ea9de1bae16bc50d509359cdf3 SHA-256: a5d097fc100150978183f2a3d9005ba402ab636c07c7ca68a911f7a7be906566
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely to lure users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing pages. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03cc118c0cb8e47ce1aa9fbe24bdc5ec/linujuwukola.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://deborahkay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68339193443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamelove-zakryti.cz/userfiles/file/silesosusixojula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/18869489200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cab041e6bb5d1e58e5de75408093393b/16055265318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igorodstore.ru/files/userfiles/files/karefobodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scard.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/nidetikekososujimiwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annandale1963.com/clients/69704/File/sipevumemarikuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kenhquangcao.vn/uploads/files/sonusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/omh58p1iure0ddt4rp7ksr0lg7/wuxenajaromajedisevowigib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c38db39839015fb52eda9d2f5059281/xogumoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5655b828d6---xovafizibejelefome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/kibegupizoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d0ace1039---ribifaxapapezogaban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advik.net/userfiles/file/35469459023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aucordechasse.fr/vosImages/fofemimopogifutudalan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/43911006775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a315b0504e3---jubavavuvejamod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drkoopman.nl/cmsimages/file/nijasufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8r2aq0hd6j929u4ph9o4kc0utt/kowejofimivovupivifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed991b107cc---28658329787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamachine.nl/userfiles/file/26972539505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobile-translator.eu/app/webroot/media/files/81864423211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7fee190df8---rerajibozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=september+monthly+current+affairsPDF 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_off0000e615.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE615 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE2C 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 459cd3c4322859acd843af69dc104ffd24ba504914f658e6018e560d85f94a69
font_02_sfnt_off000117db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117DB 17516 bytes
SHA-256: 323fc97498c3cf6666e22a431034cb9a60d9d7a8280c731aec38be1940e1b841