Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5838148249c6747f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:09:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9d997697f30d9724ec23061121d9d3ec SHA-1: bce5d17ecee40f0018e96a6a59b76a70a90b32b5 SHA-256: 5838148249c6747fa5569da6e9c80f62605d1590f9b314cb74ca003ed86c429b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards a malicious intent to exploit users through deceptive content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://museuminiaturesbesalu.com/files/safitapowegodaza.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf161235bcaa55583414e9fda52dd1a0/paziravapiruxobexowuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc205b2795---22762706875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd4d61f528c2bcc00078b896ff2cff59/4040082385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50516420d3d3eabade59b55e29be39a8/wutomurebejunagitemelulem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/legugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://felixefontesadvogados.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jeruribowusaviselak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/xabaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d6da3a14ae01d35cd0a20ecde6db8d6/90263579555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/suguwawazafub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/2131832109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtjjt.com/2013/upload/article/files/210823184959591906kaib0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rewaqousha.net/userfiles/files/puselobasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmflower-kkc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79711937959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/ferolevuzunaberum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/zezukum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a34bc0c864---50997234902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/3675796299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f31239f1e---zemegeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132630dc91d0---jakopojemetexupovuzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/84446117485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/wadit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97468320e8e188a6c9fa7a68f8f31f5e/rivawopasufuxixuwemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/mapibatimuwifejaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5p6r72no7uia18aaj3m16kg466/42777684314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=planning+appeal+form+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_off0000cd96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A8 18156 bytes
SHA-256: 35713ad0b49e25b24dc40d6d57df0afe422e5b9c08ce20384e6e73201666946d
font_02_sfnt_off00011528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11528 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 3457b0f4622e37d60c79b8591cb8a84b7f13163f312fa9948ec395b3d746dd8d