Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5424508dfcfb89e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 13:06:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6601356ccb2818ffa47e6b401fdfde5e SHA-1: a59f0a93fc5707730da3e68f17ec033f6e4d0247 SHA-256: c5424508dfcfb89e2ebcd253bb38ee8ac7adef4db4a233934b4a7ff6887167aa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thop+sports+tv+apk
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148182a38982---67484449281.pdf
    • http://hz-karavany.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82788100831.pdf
    • http://fiumaradelsossio.it/userfiles/files/77209701921.pdf
    • https://ribaczpeter.hu/files/file/93674136541.pdf
    • http://pphjako.pl/userfiles/file/livurujogatu.pdf
    • https://ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vebomefetamigutizizepoxox.pdf
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/19248206071.pdf
    • https://redac.ch/upload/39046809153.pdf
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a01129eb23---4706562491.pdf
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cbc00491ce---72636130748.pdf
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.phapluatvietnam.com/upload/ckupload/files/bipuzabulesid.pdf
    • https://glaskunstcentrum.nl/images/file/pituramazudize.pdf
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/16755579678.pdf
    • https://krantiservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31582279750.pdf
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/72967543790.pdf
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/27023620490.pdf
    • http://tunesistudio.eu/userfiles/files/foredajafogujajofuzitola.pdf
    • https://abcelectricalonlineshop.brilliantwebtech.com/userfiles/files/firaniweminimezuwewevipe.pdf
    • http://owop.challengersports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16698786732.pdf
    • http://harckocsik.hu/userfiles/file/supewiruxutadufiki.pdf
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e9b8a453e2---libijinorije.pdf
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tibafizizuxajij.pdf
    • http://ajeah-intl.org/fck_image/file/tegugiwul.pdf
    • http://filippodelvita.com/demo/userfiles/file/gerutenujotu.pdf
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/49081743696.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_off0000d082.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD082 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e894.bin
16102f1f9459a14cbc0ddf9ec950d74b63b72bd89a511e49f4a9ba7e240c7072
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE894 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000113b9.bin
a8e11657899fb2f21b828cde1073839ea6942e46f2edffd7d7d2b022189d574e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113B9 10096 bytes