Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5224def9a60d9cf3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-10-07 09:48:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 2d0ea1bb1090f08120f5d2675d8d168f SHA-1: b10529edbaabf42509b361acbd59198d7f001759 SHA-256: 5224def9a60d9cf3438ed4ec41cd7acb6ee5d1fe01af17f776874aab73542c70
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, with several URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The primary attack pattern involves redirecting users through these links, potentially to a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615be92297129---kudakudaxuxop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://miwon.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/dujudotokonuvatoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://borik.customreal.sk/data/files/wobebuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandp-engineering.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taweveruviwepijos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haruhonpo.com/upload/haruhonpo/files/savixeded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alwillislifecenter.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5258045524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonaroniskola.net/userfiles/file/mokemasokote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dialog-seversk.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/parikake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kebfttii5rfkbahkspr5m6vget/54170370028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogozaty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23019397924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/kogozuxagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71aa1b4f8c0ffb6f66c0e42f0ca30cd8/lipawevojakex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/rodujufupapononunozida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143a6dd9b3f0---meguvopir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c00ecc67f1cdb35276e7fd25ac23a44/59959862064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlajkylevne.cz/UserFiles/File/16508327790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismoilnoceto.com/userfiles/files/sitamusatudeximukava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpennarak.com/user_file/file/witugapawofamogoloximiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.casasemio.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dupefozaneluzaxodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careerroots.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49667699563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturpix.ch/cmsimages/file/pazoneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.org/files/galeria/files/5016464757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/gozemuzesagegukedexovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroytehcentr.ru/images/file/vefogaxexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodermclinic.com/file_media/file_image/file/vukovode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pomacanthe-art.fr/imagebeforeafter/files/divuruxasotuzeziridisuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmtechvn.com/webroot/img/files/42387475846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=system+software+types+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_off0000cfed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFED 10692 bytes
SHA-256: fc2556e67700d6d66f6e8f30f304f166e2557f035ae245e8f92701c90440ee04
font_01_sfnt_off0000e890.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE890 17584 bytes
SHA-256: 9d28b0144d006cdc381a8d3913b418a546e2cafdb20e2bec1a7dee30cd5419ed
font_02_sfnt_off00011676.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11676 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1