Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5a4a85893b580a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-08-20 02:14:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 85fdbcde2045c3cd457eee97579f5f60 SHA-1: 3a9a9a734446b111e87c5f86bb743ce58b7ef59a SHA-256: b5a4a85893b580a85ad0e7d516fae0e7aa5bba4dd6af873759205a550613c9eb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates an attempt to redirect the user to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://dodatkireklamowe.pl/web/uploads/files/54027530594.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0503776c93714534a8507e505f47ee1d/20837574222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a09bc7365---jizetegisovisikomebez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twothirdsmajority.us/clients/38522/File/jenisewiwuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruoumoc.com/upload/files/75365472347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607507834e928---31165446985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmleadmanagement.com/userfiles/files/53969756808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandraharris.com/clients/36054/File/lasubivug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avflash.nl/upload/files/77592116618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d22f0c5ae6---68497168231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/lobalamowumikibid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43708018551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tckontrola.hr/files/82674039608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/tamuvenataxojirosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/fewawarupagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20788aa8be---ziguri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866f11d80da---54600771864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35fqtgqr8anshd067jl7ls56i6/gikagedudododiwovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/zavuzasozizejemubaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/vajegiwisukikup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/nabowofopir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7509oj6qdlngj8tac497mof5da/bifabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/7746255251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092459b0e613---30768278994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989fb21e78e---15103440751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094566e51b3d---34625097819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+minecraft+bedrock+on+mac+2021PDF 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_off0000f790.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF790 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010fa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FA2 19048 bytes
SHA-256: 6b937f3a821dbaeff855b896d6848352ac158bb5cdbd715e6ba048664fa4bf17
font_02_sfnt_off000141ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141AE 11208 bytes
SHA-256: b7202efe9b4b1c2b8ba565d13b50daa47fefcc2558b804b5895d803626dd3aa5