Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5722edbf4899dec8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:09:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3d6bd09cc09c93c58c9d554449e282a9 SHA-1: b420ee44935bc9ad3b15dbaa4a44183c66bb08dc SHA-256: 5722edbf4899dec8b881e8ff3556e4c82b6011dfe7dcc5b9e380e67b96137e31
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or domains associated with link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and URL distribution suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=comparing+fractions+finding+common+denominator+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/7439525257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609061a1d81f4---29843373777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91fhqu4er9di7mjoi47ilov8l0/43112798910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0bbdb922be3f3643f2320e34bf39f11/19898263973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/pimupadewufutuzigesizelef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinczeandlaszlo.com/upload/fobesonipikixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2db34b2f6570abf56fba3940c541cc08/vimet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutbephottaihaiphong24h.com/upload/files/tekagumepigenajene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/kukekokigoxonazenulewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/96910537391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwilldoit.ru/uploads/files/files/85454820307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941dab47d1f---82058287087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8498098836---19817972384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a1e7032f2---87595848216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b01916419a44408348df8df642d2a73/boramevemuxidelewowigago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad2b940f54c---lafugajopukilakur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/71002563258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40594a4b5351c383be68d1f96b88ae88/zosulut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f6752af8dbadb60ec5a4a319c36dfa7/45810396268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gearonlaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/99938955573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/wapudaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/petubipagekubipamagoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e3e0964a7---gabowamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f459fcac4f4e7ff8ee24836c5f29b5d/digonidorebanapalat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92e4a7d54c80414159a5df46ff50304c/jixobarotexigakowalagamex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d82d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD82D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f044.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF044 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 5f24b72e5903436bac234c6cd1d1b835f6425cca5943db646ec42a27590c854f
font_02_sfnt_off00010a49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A49 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 67d6579fc55dbd7ed6bc12c86e61081c73ae2b701419efe6dcc1d6fc2cdf59ce