Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef5a9cb3bb56e519…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:51:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7756e12228e1c468773e4cc9031911c4 SHA-1: 797681076c86ba362621585d1f209b306c2be85a SHA-256: ef5a9cb3bb56e5191223b0f4510d8b09cd1e44e8bb50889a66c56b88409475b2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. One heuristic specifically identifies a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The presence of a link with a 'utm_term' parameter related to 'gta 5 download' indicates a lure to trick users into clicking malicious links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://seashoresilverlabradors.com/clients/4/48/482fd9669fb3260065120a60ccac5e48/File/90179130831.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://biaikatolikus.hu/files/file/23523890269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexcochoralsoc.org/demo/lccs/beta/userfiles/files/65293795730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/2095598693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajessie.com/seadata/data/uploads/img/file/162667222966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f87787bec9dd56966d78c7380bde9d9/pijufunonovuxaletaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgni5iac7u3rvt6km53mt0aj86/27601184675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledesmasportsmedicinesavannahcentury.com/clients/4/44/449a5b3489ef279447e90cf6cdd72f1c/File/75879584059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126708dacc35---takesesajekexed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ski-experience-japan.com/images/blog/file/48768391180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangnhadat.com/uploads/files/5340722037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/1672233825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed8104b883---38988246156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079967d74156---gebipezolagutizux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abw10thstreetne.com/uploads/files/82034972492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609adfa696f65---1741415377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/kijanatewoweve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acp-luxusingatlanok.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugawopijekerunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daearesort.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210728_0D3B42F5C1587535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1afklwjc5g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88632612064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/39690360516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/labifogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c051bd23309---82642787312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+download+for+android+free+full+version+without+verificationPDF 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_off0000bb09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB09 15780 bytes
SHA-256: bc4de52330a91d4a322718c027dbca7404bdd26f6eae52fbcac134dc14f78dfd
font_01_sfnt_off0000e370.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE370 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB87 11000 bytes
SHA-256: c01307d338407e8115841d8616ad480b66b8f35aa344cafc5c538d51cd9cfe81