Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5708c1ee90c0871…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:28:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: be0ad40a6b2a5622c7029b8a25b71add SHA-1: b54ed15f3f48ae9a2c8a2cc9ef8a9411c062eca8 SHA-256: c5708c1ee90c08713b670e38500a3ce80c1282c97d0573d1be4310ca8856c8d3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics suggests a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination, likely a phishing page or a downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=information+communication+technology+in+distance+education+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u52u5f82goa7e0d2uosqiv1kh0/205528705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulabenveniste.com/UserFiles/file/89815640817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebe57ecace889175d06a187e33d0fed3/70905942580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/41651488548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/45821335111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/69133024766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/nulotidovevurotonaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://folklorebridge.eu/uploads/pictures/files/82232290841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05592ce267---65462574060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c03478774---jemuveba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/vujujirozirimonaxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02c7acd75ef09339ff9a28b32f7710f3/rowekopizuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hg0qp4tkjso4l4et3vsc5gu7n/14878331560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungquanghieu.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/25740657223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eseninternational.com/uploads/files/tukeliwaboduga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghinelliarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/72275963273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81757645164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a9729d3c0---wupufiroxetetadelupezemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6437379c3c---kusowit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarthanamparisara.org/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/mejanexevowinavasuvesawaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b63061e80---wiludovowuximalotab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae6ae431609ce75f901b17b932f9b33c/19236386994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088f87201242---34259404700.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_off0000b6be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6BE 14812 bytes
SHA-256: c993ccf32f168129f1e78e0a35ae40e94f76f9d1ba8b0c6306a82f0a516ba7d2
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3ED 11232 bytes
SHA-256: e75ba9575db23e627889ed7a3a08183a815c8b49b15c500e918b275413719b5f