Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5256b300260009fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:07:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d28c73efcffbff2d6dd8671d21e5a402 SHA-1: 788d12a49464016fb833b4f0acae018109a9c1b3 SHA-256: 5256b300260009fcf985f9057ff3af83e2db31387e282c471128972229db0449
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a malicious document, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duniwefo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://promenade-perpignan.com/userfiles/file/pakufewefamakokiruwazidod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fedfa4f608---10923096985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080863f1ab52---95833267309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yankey.com.tw/demo/public/editor/ckfinder/upload/user_upload/files/73918245004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100f88736ae3---89311880199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/020af00690c54cb6ec618b0e388db017/mitisupibuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bapassamarinda.id/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/xiforudovofazusiwusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd039ccc29d---mugopibibitujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/kalawuwalerelezojurufexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dad7881431b1b8d536f4c6b7e85bf0a/86333793576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85054340096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strojsteel.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5354426094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d757b34b31---feromevaxidolas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/96947464313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmflower-kkc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/telumorepagadiwupuvuguted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/49386634625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twilaw.com/files/files/19552000656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2vp12rnlok43f3au2o87bhi25/37306325888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elhammagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuwilixawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jingchengs.com/jingchengs/ckfinder/files/20210830022535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210624122447104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44210362603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/kekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodykneadstherapy.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81903937587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=english+authors+biography+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_off000121fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121FE 18480 bytes
SHA-256: c013c993005b510b64a56b591c1b3565ca6f5b85957394d9118b86360d89ff70
font_01_sfnt_off000151d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151D4 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 54afbac85f5c5790427f1f16aac86e46f5de8e0faabaa4ab3e71fddeeb810fdb
font_02_sfnt_off00016acf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16ACF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1