Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5438c0878762af5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-08-09 17:13:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 6593a42666217d99de7e7618f257e117 SHA-1: 0ec371f7750cd7ad5348624e00d409bf3d06ce52 SHA-256: b5438c0878762af5a3f813f290538d4b8d9ef61896ec7e7216e3a961a5c4d721
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a visual download button and instructions for a password-protected archive further indicate a lure to download a malicious payload. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' reinforces the malicious nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 http://jonme.net/ckupload/files/jazepegeze.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://palezieux.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zibugikuletegenije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/72988167995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/48432311428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-daomeng.com/upload/userfiles/files/0bdb56a419f1aef5d14d712e2c5e062d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rpng5opfhic9a7v6gjtrfbilu/vipizosogewopawodal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werder-ritter.de/UserFiles/File/kudupiwadigedadoder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/vebatanesenin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e42f35ac04---26507362547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf63ed6826e---vepofiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/91179579144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/78285558602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lp911oevgge4tlhh90gtknf614/27431183648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/417f24af352e70a4822c06cf57be5a52/28323759705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/fetaxesejoferonoliraluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/535c5f952eb24379c78cbe52348cee4a/25025473204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mistralizmiryonetim.com/uploads/file/jakevokufubomedub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelniagararimini.eu/userfiles/files/10250722192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenstatues.com/uplds/file/88286773607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943ed4c3428---73901742770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9c1d805cb---29533875648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609004e3dc2c4---70313163415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+print+just+odd+pages+pdfPDF 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_off0000fdf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF2 10936 bytes
SHA-256: cbfa51ca2752221e91b9e5018cf3bb7b2feef69e6fd573f78e9445dbd84e17d6
font_01_sfnt_off00011735.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11735 17904 bytes
SHA-256: 10eeb8e61897050388b0dbfcfad245d8dfaf7ff18c3e1ea9506517b4d17f3eba
font_02_sfnt_off0001463b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1463B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1