Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5e5317cfc87ffb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:51:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d0baae6819bd4ced3f6244379361fd9e SHA-1: a8b989a622111d26b4e7ef539cceeda01004b2db SHA-256: c5e5317cfc87ffb0e225b764861ec63c3648cd53355c11e69f19ae0a68e08d6c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://www.pics4us.de/userfiles/file/wapinefekapavanutora.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://autoneza.cz/UserFiles/File/dijawivazipipila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggsuc9gdsbv3pl113f7qo85u62/39178016007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072159f463ad---7479089903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5fed0aaee3---55077046878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c42fdf0e4---dizonijigux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.com/Sites/cds/files/17115272228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.com/userfiles/files/xikorilusukofupokodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9be9bde7b---mosejanedoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenshopvn.com/uploads/files/dizevanogobowefumaline.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/tapezosomajuroxunezutuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omeofest.eu/userfiles/files/nodalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/jasuweworopidunijajig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/83963945019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijp2.com/contents//files/54388172248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/28553862754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://touristclub.in/userfiles/file/vojatiwegigusejopupubep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-riba.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53565320895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce08bad258980904d923e898fb279200/71107891217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edmaker.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65b4fbacc508afc434b1c88930692e68/49711057672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/femukigawogumuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareprogram.org/images/file/85852957024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a23ced350ee---dadejisefebabuxukilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvmnn91a0d1bs2s3hmr1lcf4ds/novajekemokekejapivojewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hu782vuq8kkg1sojftm995gacm/34411521441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=adding+subtracting+multiplying+and+dividing+decimals+worksheet+with+answersPDF 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_off0000bb0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB0E 16048 bytes
SHA-256: 1677253f4f51df1b11c00a569107de377ccfc86246c395a683442d47d6579784
font_01_sfnt_off0000e40e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE40E 11540 bytes
SHA-256: 737f5e8d40b0769b22dc63ba8d98a6b58ea1db6ee08139619763ab13c318d808
font_02_sfnt_off0000fef6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1