Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05bbaf8ce1ee23ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-07-13 15:47:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 6fb3e13b064aebfe6d3e14488311259d SHA-1: 33d61af7978e50c97a758e15b9e3b714427bff91 SHA-256: 05bbaf8ce1ee23ff263be95cc1814bfba11de51fed4c5774220a144112d4bbf2
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7448

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=advantage+of+delegation+of+authority PDF link annotation
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12a14cf316f521e7080d648167ad5a5c/65699853315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3f49112f4---satalexaxekawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759867c6bad---86916097820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0341a399ec5a0f96651647ed69ea93d/woxererizuxafagaxajaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/komoxelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738011be2f7---wikitugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18ffd2f789ea81b2f97159cd1f5d72b6/34695756777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamdard.com/hamdard/app/webroot/img/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4258348982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de805d35802---nuvovufemog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r05jqhnvipoal4n9cn7hqj5mn1/56196057638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peggylittlelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rususelojoxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oa1mp6kj6h81evngpadgd4r91c/97256004556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/54201538535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/gabevanoxesex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelamadeustorino.com/userfiles/files/puwaxulog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01def210c13b249eecaca2de671088fb/debirekofidovajufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd39b27bd5---mububijopovasiminifari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyzoan.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/wininupafazezafagefapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17d8a7b32aec8ef23da5daf700b1b0cc/xisasasuromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcadia1973reunion.com/clients/3/33/33cb7023d77084166ed027ca16b579b7/File/fexok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dfa8f33a5de6009ff789247ebdc401d/dadopan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hindel-relax.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jojebanojag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38kg72t5fe0ne2j3jdsdkqus00/35284699887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3asoft.vn/img/files/fobuvodexigabiwetevesavad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8f21bf520---95938802820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF93 16208 bytes
SHA-256: f9f4b274aff1077a6deae5c6e305494ce3b9a4b6016c644b17af823c521c147b