Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05520df10a7b2249…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 17:59:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d12da85bd65312dcb15929c80352a0bb SHA-1: 29b8571a922b03d107a9a6107e66870cfe6eaf7e SHA-256: 05520df10a7b2249758f0ee8cc5800ffc0191c95d123cc2dfe425c0a1fe3c7bb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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 http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/4250027584.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889381d12e8---9781470179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983c37a0ac9---rugatefelorub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aadc75f540d54c00f1788070f978b5e6/xilazudubemofalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/26626503180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd086685e9---46441335700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caa334dbb2---garawizigijorobilume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myosiaffiliate.com/199trust/img/file/zinuladaterogidepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/63793036915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/genepufinizumuvomikapuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokewaveanaheim.com/uploads/files/58787268055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoadon-dientu.net/images/files/72628695594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/wizowamamukawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc966e0b151---ronofewobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vkrfft4n5fj9o7nlcs2davak2n/80004390058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089643eebb5c---perozexekofab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inglewoodreunion.com/clients/68690/File/68787913741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2a3906ec0---17295967625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83ee0d412464088d23e9aaa92b48e844/43497956390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ua4tf09n536jk6bpofd4idgbad/2909298461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/12743653547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c84bd37f1b3---wadojegavib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=alvin+and+the+chipmunks+the+road+chip+songs+mp3+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012838.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12838 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014049.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14049 18776 bytes
SHA-256: 3ded9aaca2ef9e6c6e95cee9882111b9cda0db582afcb602817e0619031ab472
font_02_sfnt_off00015e2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E2F 19724 bytes
SHA-256: 375036c206fbc3acb1689e98594440cf0e23e1eba802327049fc272199181020
font_03_sfnt_off00019155.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19155 11564 bytes
SHA-256: 4bd6ba61588136f5ac5928b4db031c723d49b0925485e4774f94743219041aad