Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e5988f45d333b52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-07-08 12:53:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d257516ad9c340f7a696bd52bdd8b8ad SHA-1: fa8d550a8f7c9c67c0c2c62ac17c9efd25e70c8e SHA-256: 0e5988f45d333b52a2c61ea0fcc6d5acc1607da2703a2970756f8dfb415c8d7f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable domains. This structure strongly suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious websites, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=omg+coloring+pages+printable
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pf4v5l7d9g2n9r2b3t8ulid2sm/71881562589.pdf
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbfdccb1aa2---nefukolesogunijo.pdf
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7j1nuku2v61peb0gi6aueknmpk/83334421208.pdf
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/4384167803.pdf
    • http://www.radio-kum.si/data/files/98473984284.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d88a57c3e1---60660745511.pdf
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761abe10587---34798653224.pdf
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/83081593728.pdf
    • http://tavio.ru/files/file/66941397652.pdf
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845a5269cb6---6546246919.pdf
    • http://stillwaterponies83.com/clients/74660/File/50746970318.pdf
    • http://hugslock.com/app/webroot/img/files/zobamewomasuvukakaj.pdf
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e503405b3b5f1dab0c5ca4014f25aada/31859263757.pdf
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/291197f9f486f40a3680fe0d1d7cc3c3/81412952997.pdf
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/mumerajutewuda.pdf
    • http://studioaba.net/userfiles/files/5263589276.pdf
    • http://emilymillerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dimesedajufunagel.pdf
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/5016910371.pdf
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a26234115d---luvixixalawo.pdf
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b12de1d8c7---zibamesizexeragarusebej.pdf
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/621d01578053c0755dd64b9a72b366e1/27607351292.pdf
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098722d77d04---67872314653.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d692.bin
f98983e09ba47eea344a4a842149d51fac5f2f16d2470b759a25489208d3d926
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD692 10880 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef89.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF89 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001079b.bin
4fce51e9cbe1102d81b0b427efb6bc1ea35ff6650d028db158c95272191a9e02
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1079B 16676 bytes