Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5ade2e193977f07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-26 05:04:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cc250487ed571e169afa8ed0f749074f SHA-1: 130e3365fc9ae6e0e52fcb84d5275c9d6aa85586 SHA-256: b5ade2e193977f07b5ef1dc0a30a018403d3960e175bf902f3fa2c5a7b2b7bb7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, directing users to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=robinson+crusoe+text+pdf
    • https://www.nickelmarket.co.za/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22011559040.pdf
    • http://shouce-image.kuchuancdn.com/Public/resource/files/semujixadajegaxotaj.pdf
    • http://sinojjacob.com/userfiles/file/80901332036.pdf
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/lijogarugotidonetivisoxo.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161404d7904a17---53048853905.pdf
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/51855318571.pdf
    • https://latrinquette.com/upload/editor/file/vutesuxogezaga.pdf
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/tuxiju.pdf
    • http://swancentive.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zabudawe.pdf
    • http://www.skk.com.hk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dasitoso.pdf
    • https://rockeit.com/userfiles/file/41313510425.pdf
    • https://preprodpcb.com/userfiles/files/16520662844.pdf
    • https://minlinart.com/archive/upload/files/nisakipidenegasixabete.pdf
    • http://xn--c1aejbdnke.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/letaxojowawizudotudafinum.pdf
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijoruwopuwo.pdf
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141b7872d221---86253656114.pdf
    • http://terremeraude.com/userfiles/file/lawakakune.pdf
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpfn7dtti65v8vonincrj32nmh/fosezetavesat.pdf
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140632a4d18b---59111674387.pdf
    • https://www.mnogotrop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29428277003.pdf
    • http://amsasecretariat.fr/userfiles/file/31481748196.pdf
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/nemapumilatutopa.pdf
    • https://mimpishio2bet.net/contents/files/xaserapedopa.pdf
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613caae341893---tazimekiwozosedesisedud.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b23d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB23D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca54.bin
54e4543538f38aa5f7f369f11c22d94af0dfb54d44924a356705f268d48febd7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA54 10792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e323.bin
fa24431a88cc728fd9738ab905a1518c8acdcfe935671f7279e9300336bb2f04
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE323 17036 bytes