Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05ef98cbd0b216bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 22:48:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 5d4a77da54e7ab85901777e5170c5e62 SHA-1: 9933b2a91ed1d58fe05948d0e66d9eef141f4898 SHA-256: 05ef98cbd0b216bd98ddd87b7699968b001eed6c7a455b70e12b6683f795ccdf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, suggesting it's not intended for direct user reading but rather to host links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9874

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a48e614b5e---vinofabarefok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983c0ae974d---6285694941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faa635fd8701d49ecf3ce49ccab81530/95523308766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff71ccf793---52625199701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6986e933d8---javad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://go2germany.ru/files/file/29015648581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84b295d0fb4543c693dc7d2fff7d334a/fakurogobatejodovuvimis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/50009875850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/molavujovolibagaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/rekazuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skikk.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/7509166508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54ffe1862dfc774a734afbf493caf3e0/xoridupixipuwotanozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/kabusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfup106am07an9e887mffb9s18/womoburidufadokaxozatataw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfroccatiassociati.it/userfiles/files/zujiwufogiputefosuzot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/8658786323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mpnj0pji0c2k8qkb3ahp9ba7rg/dazemolizurufetog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fa30687a4---gunonajodepiwugaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkcophs50threunion.com/clients/0/01/014062e559e26c1cf0711bcec4e573ae/File/28018654002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa4604a8a0---volur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa43dbb040---68388521847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/wukoxibituvanif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0207490eab0a2f94bb0de776c1d81234/kiruti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/156a79011d7a9f1dee588d7c4272516f/77000302649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=pulmonary+critical+care+fellowship+personal+statementPDF 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_off00011cf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF8 11048 bytes
SHA-256: f75c2521097bed12bc2cecde4a8f7742e59c8b34de0f532477e5105c6995be83
font_01_sfnt_off0001369c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1369C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014ead.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EAD 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 73ec6210c49bcdb493ce2668dd25b2adf91a0a7ce2ff08f73ffec585307e78c1
font_03_sfnt_off000163e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163E4 17744 bytes
SHA-256: 88f2bf38b3e85f99e53c20dbbf0630ec0ef4e60b04fc10b4e53cae118a4855f1