Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5cc25616c21eaf6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:34:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d6d591ef1ee9c58690e82e92bcafb3b7 SHA-1: 3f7569656c8aab832eda52f70e4c97b8f8563aea SHA-256: d5cc25616c21eaf601ce034868ebb5fc44d910d326473a74691f5ed865ea767c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves luring users through these links, likely to a phishing page or to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://kisikana.hr/UserFiles/files/85037583680.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dakhoathienhoa.net/images/files/58783446958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72465a55c3a34e5a0927639055d92a79/26705205091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/bezuxaguvigemulele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/97695977174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisewood50th.com/clients/3/35/35ca2b70ae131fa39667c240906a3fe4/File/45613582976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39b3764691d92ae5d3ced0d775f5a406/37332887888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36ohcismjo8fve207rolhepb53/51060315472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/pomokizunokosibizepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bfull.ru/uploads/files/mozuzodevokelafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog/file/52114444164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curvesncontours.com/userfiles/file/gefaxilifisutipuwizaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/wemerefovixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-beauty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45419839166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/piwarixekasuruzalizofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castel.lu/userfiles/files/90522953853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2mk8o1o5dsa97m3mgoo65jmenn/25508415000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/84782083796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bee1002630d---68176582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb7e9c763c525fb74ba1430d4bd44812/dolarelibevumapirarof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-boussard-chablis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19702324404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55aa454fe1c60d41704111692362e53f/91576061373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cggg19bms3sue466dbthud6lp/11739975137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnfg5ihvmdelrdkgianud3cbqh/widuzokisikutumumiloxagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geostudio.eu/userfiles/files/ramidowasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=tobacco+atlas+2017+pdfPDF 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_off0000f339.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF339 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 2ef948d029f74685cdb57091a42194dd572a40d6aab90b9a90cb6cb077dce551
font_01_sfnt_off00010b9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000123b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123B0 18588 bytes
SHA-256: e567e00f1d2a8ea7fe6554d439e4ed6e72ffa655ebcff49547390a429314bc26