Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df5d58f64c860c53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-10-06 17:27:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 8bf162af4b2ab2fb3bbf573ecfa3e027 SHA-1: 7ceabf6982ec0bf6edbd55b70ca689523b12fcc7 SHA-256: df5d58f64c860c53aa73fb4291691e5f453dcab4afdde01cf3b466cb561420d5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the PDF structure point towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=turning+point+of+a+cubic+function PDF link annotation
    • http://elesi.eu/fichiers/files/29086735123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpreceptor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejuzafoxurolelozasog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae49010669---20442609962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalgroupautos.com/files/others/96516045697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/68770986142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3hih093ofr6ghgu7eiltbcv54/kolizani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tabletopad.com/images/file/bekafukutetom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143e687407a7---4283032254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dogwoodagility.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wasitafunugokevigaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmikkino.ru/sadm_files/16304999857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubselect.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jusobimeluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80a90ab857bb701eeea8e28325ad7314/fikasufotupiguwikevisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paglialonga.it/userfiles/files/womudazekoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/gefewewoxopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromaonly1.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/45720110523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofupingame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/venadelolomibazepilepabiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elementsgogreen.com/userfiles/file/towexawiruxazejam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/31253059118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitoutdoorz.com/file/7MnLqPVtQcOOrh5T.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dnf5i8ho5kkjtsovhgsbegpso6/nokove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f771295375---1036771165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/gosejeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomasmrazek.cz/userfiles/file/fidefobesasakarukasofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birizgardenhotel.com/userfiles/file/genunakivige.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_off0000d870.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD870 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f082.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF082 19748 bytes
SHA-256: 3acf519535bd5824c2236572e6a2379f5cec090e9a247555737ffe8224ded386
font_02_sfnt_off000124c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124C5 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 901bd1a96d8243df2aaf6f3f0229080d8fb8e95c1be8d524acec7c399b74fcdd