Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5417957166a5610…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-07-08 00:36:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0af7bb48732c942dd0837d651a9d54bb SHA-1: 4e9856516c17f4ac052b71c0be17da3d66fce244 SHA-256: f5417957166a561032e4050c1321e0d56ad681627a4ec7aa597bbc69dff2acb1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malware or submitting sensitive information. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators strongly suggests a phishing or content-distribution attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=co+curricular+activities+letter
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/tapevadisozaruvekuxebo.pdf
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a495e75e7a2---xibovesuxubepip.pdf
    • https://smallislandcurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc96e975461586de8af0b813865b35ce/34309054408.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607588bb03c46---75673301350.pdf
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/fuxaletutolujofexi.pdf
    • http://amblesidewindermere.ca/fckuploads/images/file/79715480015.pdf
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1c5076aac---99904059399.pdf
    • http://thebellingerfamily.com/clients/0/05/05034faaa501c69409a7459485cba135/File/99626529989.pdf
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e19fb7b31---38244469776.pdf
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/duwixoxinusiju.pdf
    • http://xiaohecollege.com/d/files/vujaxibinujiv.pdf
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/62520595342.pdf
    • http://brucemsmithlaw.com/clients/e/e2/e252bfde01ef004f685a9648d307a4b9/File/62673382757.pdf
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/zutiripubasevipe.pdf
    • http://cherishedmomentphotos.com/clients/8/84/84fe84b553acfcd191e166b7401b6f02/File/lobipidaxurenonajikix.pdf
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/wezozosu.pdf
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6c363c58c4105df85d8d24ce9645307/53229996917.pdf
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68721450282.pdf
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f050eda87cb9fe0903c821f29dab0d2e/xozodemamodudosunaso.pdf
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076032ea0202---93805400637.pdf
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd0d1c758aa---72116050924.pdf
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/643d2cc1d38e4f1f43d9ef05efcbcba1/18432043443.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df63.bin
33d1ac09020d643cc127585153c25d3af2844f6f2e10dba3a73f84d533dcd008
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF63 17176 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c61.bin
3ebd486235ab6c407a74d98ab9e1cf09d7661342c8c98090703f1c8ee3396579
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C61 16164 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000121cc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121CC 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000139e3.bin
168c222c56216a0d699c466c54026878a915ea8db051fefe99e73b9109ac4ef1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139E3 10316 bytes