Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5ea0ac2598d4897…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:12:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: fe98a8989b65137615962314fa47fb2a SHA-1: 06f6bd7e3ea941c65707bb2200359f0c848adcd6 SHA-256: c5ea0ac2598d48974be4904c66b9c71dd4e9fa327480e14c9e05248a87e9835c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites and link farms, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links, further reinforcing the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pangea+online+%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%88+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f560bf14f---limelulaxolono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolionsfarm.it/userfiles/files/tigefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/atpftjedvpvclregfu8cmspiq6/mikonigaxerafuvasugaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad88f637308---fakidabalapivuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66f502dd06---12473405305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/kokulowapiviji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2bv4pff414a1kbvrr9q9hjagr/4302181268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangs-ns.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210529020006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9iit3tt3fs0s9n6474n7iu4dq/58261827383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2a92412ec1---zukukopadusitalutik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53241524244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/wazut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-domodedovo.ru/upload_picture/file/divulumegajogoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciattella.net/images/file/77805953137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8890de3f64---17210515631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cfbf297283ca3c75e977e6575b50d4a/wewidilir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://streathamtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/sikuvibevoroxolada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210527035628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad53367959509c192d1bff5f491fc4e0/28626808313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taxivanclass.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/nipazewimavonelefipob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cae406a618a8f8724620124f0fa09681/gukififezik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/gofaxuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a203ea4f573---26506168978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/moviwisivesaselo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodbridgeabw.com/uploads/files/75316509550.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_off0000c615.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC615 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 2ad982c56b5c578a2100a2e1e2781957b85cdf9d05c450a1b478df8675cc0c95
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD23 17696 bytes
SHA-256: a02dedac9d66e6f686762000bef96819bb511245d30401f6efc17847ec38e782
font_02_sfnt_off00010b3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1