Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5057b85cf29b64db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-16 23:37:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d30c534d1f614de2143749385dd9e59a SHA-1: 80842984080634efc06a0c6db60ac9c0d575e5da SHA-256: 5057b85cf29b64dbb4d9cdfd7c3423afc3aa9d3b2faa54b77e8f76ecb3f5a93b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL analysis point towards a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://booknowrentalimo.ch/userfiles/files/xejaxexawexumemidazap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701427013c2---99126431842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/vupukesonikubad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/vusitajofufuberukubodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/61501192932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ba269a0a847e84a72fa495fdbd67c44/jabedugubasapuluselifupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.se/upload/45750422843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806cff6191c---zimunurigukegeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greathorserider.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84686161698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/gomamitubasuwoxazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsradviseurs.nl/mailing/images/photo/file/44769470990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ddc8ee057---laguvoweduxowiwawezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/697ed9a5e87627b3d7f312e870dea0c2/lobofuvajajejazexafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mm-podium.ro/userfiles/file/wofudamiromiwatasos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d1fda89bb3ab82acdfa127543efce52/87864837965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/407458953bab585341453d2cc45dfe8f/25529943254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d183443ee9---karikurepod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1c4643bc2d3ee474e5ad80187a7da27/56115378559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.sk/upload/47004530380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093aec188edc---banijiwamenezam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609112373307c---tupub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b89697e9b---49764557473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0016810b02b4fec05f13576f2f42bdd/tinapiwisomuvagezajud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m17pse1i0bhjs75o65dpp658a1/diradusogax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solmoda.it/userfiles/files/50480812089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d160e6de87---35021378494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=anthers+on+easter+lilyPDF 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_off0000f3d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D7 10300 bytes
SHA-256: 277415e40e66e71c67bb99d9d477a02317b3ffcde5ef5bae30f3d854cfaf3fd2
font_01_sfnt_off00010b06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B06 16680 bytes
SHA-256: d8debc228240c2d8ea3a38af12ad2e489165e4501d3bd88f205443d8c44bb985
font_02_sfnt_off00013660.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13660 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1