Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e5f27f1811bc8d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:44:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e0b7e5cf08c6b6e3c367bbef300c5328 SHA-1: d47d2fb99bec48eccf27695ab8e34fe5aef6137b SHA-256: 4e5f27f1811bc8d598477ad77c12496b7914e9557401ec8873ccb5c82b8ce75c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised CMS upload directories, a common technique for hosting malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the structure suggest an attempt to obscure the true origin and purpose of the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9906

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 https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca190def71d---rituzazatovuxumes.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087566207303---12679999442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-8/20210708203049122097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klccpa.com/userfiles/file/bozewelip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac720177536---mexirinezifag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-21/20210621130710571242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/dasokobipapajati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d13ab45f336327a50d90c2b54d2f4298/96769420459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4259c62ad8dc965241eb9245311ce537/nomemoruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9898801c9c---52700417177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gites-les-bardots.com/userfiles/file/vevemujopesidirabazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eomcrptcbtmkoa7d01njspsur1/vivatufedigikuruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilniausgreziniai.lt/userfiles/file/52466160756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikolalepojevic5.com/multimedia/file/gawejoreduzewaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jobtiara.com/files/files/zufikabulamolotej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210604180538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e20ea2ac6---jabixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e1a7e56234---zamiwerawiguzija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36402480430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jubileejec.com/userfiles/files/49926348888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b7d4b8d31---keboxujavifuneguwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2359f0ba6b0ecc219d907cd5c70baa00/lofunizuxabubupudotamipax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94396421303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhhangkhong.com/upload/images/files/zobolixirusidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31827a30a1dd2506eee4e885dd60697a/debanaxisubunimotepovezuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9b1af77443ea116d463ca5dc226f0a4/famozodobetuzepasareno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiapelhrimov.cz/UserFiles/File/sanuxaremevifimopazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=dead+man+walking+book+pdfPDF 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_off0001002b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1002B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001183d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1183D 19236 bytes
SHA-256: b4a16ab1d40ef9e255bd4b603acdc6292c5d69494d0d16c6c0d785ee318ddd09
font_02_sfnt_off00014a80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A80 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 589f285948267d3498b646a6b4dc32ed02ba753ddc68b27c142d2340c9bf0dd5