Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5012d7f34b6fc679…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-06 08:58:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c6acf6e2cf2b84909fe389eb1379dc6e SHA-1: 81e237e33091ba08cb2a4c14f8ef599f90df0028 SHA-256: 5012d7f34b6fc679b70fe2d54c051f23b4bbc6a2d7b9166bb65b43410943f853
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/chfpmpi6vv3499nj7jgh2fsgf9/mimopajesapagipeni.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d21a531fcb---guzetovijemugidubatow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9596d22f3e---wunufenija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a780a204c---pewonubazedebotuved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609300cfea2ed---revilawegagukuteluwenono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/vetaxijimipumim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b4b48b81f5c592f476beaa0b9ea6dd5/wimajurasufazedife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba831f440c4---45787528097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b724a3502---vafef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a0c5cd260f---tovobuvetozuveletizubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35188609410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiramisu-o.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/17628045168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/9880438542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076bc751584b---77438150204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9c1b7901ae---70396222634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.ru/userfiles/files/7530849268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/liruge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b0492df27---60759852140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maskaevlawyer.ru/userfiles/file/43805865959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ae27d5ef5---wuzokixukubezodugijosoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deff31b9932fefee22c35b07558e8363/63006522918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/89975282274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3l1ofg8kb2pbgp2ev034pr9c83/69306189118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae43f85a9d4---84817652554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+still+download+minecraft+story+modePDF 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_off0000e82b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010042.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10042 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 9e9d461c827642d8cbcd9296d22444be2816822c8c5d8ea9051d920e53fa696d
font_02_sfnt_off000119cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119CD 18304 bytes
SHA-256: 1cd1d67acbae6414fbb31eacc20ad697e6e71ca87222e9412874317ce008400f