Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dca5d528e79f1a86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-09-22 12:47:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 960663dde549643b163ac55d1a9f778f SHA-1: 9b50e81bd6c9542bfb9a6a10bbd7dd3515db3d99 SHA-256: dca5d528e79f1a865cd4a22f432b7e30fc17a1462aa66909945b4987dab8164c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic to distribute further malicious content. The PDF's structure and the presence of external links indicate an attempt to redirect the user to download additional files, likely malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://12shio1.com/contents/files/43116908864.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bavlas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwunemawevaralavitin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimzyonline.com/userfiles/file/52879715256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apicn.net/upload/files/gilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ca7aa913d---duworusurubug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sudeoksa.org/userfiles/file/20210913121046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bd191aa81e---nolajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emiem.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vawipubatuzulagoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/kudarolowozudapazafabedul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendoodlesofthesierranevadas.com/userfiles/file/5363295152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/20219101325174064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myhomeinparis.com/userfiles/files/87065003543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/85006124676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/30616704169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613813011a3f7---sumupodezowapogiledosapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tacchigroup.com/public/thread/risorse/file/2902111505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaukiaplinka.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fonanolebujitavaloxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.com/userfiles/file/87236819746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurier48.pl/files/userfiles/file/63510097502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goang-hann.com/uploads/files/202109211618488826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/tatuvolaginugefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reckdance.pl/userfiles/file/49999582924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karaokejdi.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/86329289641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodzlomu.com/userfiles/file/5207338892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=boundaries+book+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000f9d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D9 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 3e57e685916273a524831988049ebb517f71e2c2b5e4d7f3fdbb09d97014d0a5
font_01_sfnt_off000112a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112A1 19232 bytes
SHA-256: 32cc0230d23b1f50bf31eb382ee6f3aa9add1b64879151b1c9936a34962eb254
font_02_sfnt_off0001442a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1442A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1