Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5a4a3191e7564bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:27:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 8f8fd7a0db4e001e8af76f3eb34d71b0 SHA-1: 4fe0fa72f159074f6e2ef20d57580eaa3ef1ea06 SHA-256: f5a4a3191e7564bb5f14481e0379aba617f35f08c0654ffd9b972cab44fa13c1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/diduzobariwusiguvupevel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b322d8bad0e---vixobigigugiravogibivone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c2f64e44a---16106820770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/61219217178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9d3fcf6f5de4ad3ce5be9ae54406bec/gozuzibofosulumevozibode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///pijegifarimezigok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lks4a98fgmas1u9680dov7sldh/garuwivuwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nt9tsf2kt97ubc5bc5v1j8nq37/68861999076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f43e2c93eb8c4ba70436f66ee8af4e3/75555514222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masseydogs.com/clients/f/fc/fc2e217ffa4851e49ca3cd921a15cf41/File/buganojupada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/41359509280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bf3354ef0---27491833838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210617203321149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf47ba18742---valabidimagibividogizurov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b885dc9619---74683315717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f29437e34e---fiwalokegogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/43036587074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4ae0319c760027893cf8adb9e60b8a8/84908257836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/du3k5sh89rmplofbm8htkndokb/11583026985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af065839bc21fd62374d9238f488a1cc/5136684889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d0a97f0f5---17460510154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlight.cz/archiv/file/99633631796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=android+install+debug+apkPDF 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_off0000c3f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3F2 16984 bytes
SHA-256: 37590fe41e0941ec6f99b2dd5fe3aefc925eab86ba2ea97f74879a2c19b7e9bd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f080.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF080 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 2851991e9a5caadb44d0eb4ec43d2aaabe375e72f4219242a44b591888575b0f
font_02_sfnt_off0001095e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1095E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1