Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab5dc0257bba088d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-08-18 05:22:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a8435a5f7314185a25d35f02158e209b SHA-1: 0d776a44d4d551b33d27e9e262300b35cdb1c358 SHA-256: ab5dc0257bba088d2d035108fda1e81bfd94ce44301d125ddb816a20160cd317
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of ClamAV detection and ML classification further supports its malicious nature. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest an attempt to deliver a second-stage payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+clean+casper+mattress+cover PDF link annotation
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/26788027046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcfa5ac9f0---wixujek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/38965333872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb51357820e8aa8edd6e7a363a1c2428/wularitilutakaxulubus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894815cd9a5---nuboxuzajujatolakedebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/baxevazobubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608817c009ded---8976122327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/24490534006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f825c3a5c---33006472320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htcable.cn/d/files/54496258160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5963f85dac1ea736547d781dc638d2b4/nukesujapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0cfcd3523---49520807506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szermgrt.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71531851114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bfb9e6536708529b0dc98f7a8ac8c9a/zimazobevemafamini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannerfeltdesignteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17792634982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eeac4e85c5---27055616459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cb41fbebfc7c80f92939ddc1b7ff506/mewivuluvezugogatikexapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntep2008.com/UserFiles/File/48549309577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/gobudelerisosevijuferop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/35833615296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/32731991845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/wewidezanarur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88f7eb4bnun5k4i84r7dt6i5i5/49025441429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a934d80a8c5---lagadudejod.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_off0000e6b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B8 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 19a1cff219dd98b7fffbd985834e4afdb18704a0c4ea2f76d067656923ad4242
font_01_sfnt_off0000fef2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011704.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11704 16876 bytes
SHA-256: 417930e69e9f737de0a0d47bf48b06477a2d38c83a1c7b0f88297972cb1ff28c