Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5305aacbe30aa6b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:55:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 925bd1fcfadc1b4a15467764f472f113 SHA-1: a375794987354cc2c619e952b6c809a4cdc802e0 SHA-256: 5305aacbe30aa6b349e24aaf930c841f3c6266f209807458f2a035de659f43c8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically classified as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware distribution or phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bef428feab---kumujareguvufadedepali.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a217e83d1---80483674628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcstema.com/userfiles/files/gexigujaladuwuwagax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semineebrasov.ro/printuri-fi/files/jasadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c596531d17---92716186695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3q4het39niu726pe5nsg3q10q/nikonuxatadidupip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/bosokon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/30222913085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a44d99b75d---siwumigufotozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fff9ca7986c499093abe63778c09b5f/mukosanuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/21893227078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicentrumnz.eu/medicentrum/files/file/8607341340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e279d2d53---zenabivosapopuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5b46ecbf5---fetezasegenavobap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radio-kum.si/data/files/77598740955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e09dc4b3e055987cc736c3e03fecdecc/14273474014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210630125410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murzilka.biz/images/uploads/file/56598910355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emblem4home.com/UserFiles/Member/File/75778844500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saluteebenesseresas.it/userfiles/files/tivugegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efd47dd953---vegatinakipofavomelenazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd405666c0a---puvafejuxavufimogil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/vejivisotozemipabuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34d12f069d6d182816bc6e293db022ea/koxulopinudumuxufiguwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=libreoffice+draw+pdf+editor+for+windowsPDF 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_off0000f697.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF697 18536 bytes
SHA-256: 32c407ab70b3a12e8608ff20bae563b6e9d0a00f7992c8dbd112fbc8f4163f51
font_01_sfnt_off000126bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126BD 10748 bytes
SHA-256: cc31a626982645720d4037dca43c503348b27a259873f2d9b13bb593792a1d12
font_02_sfnt_off00013f76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1