Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5921cf3606e695c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:15:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c79c2aed746c01462f98bd1fe3e46159 SHA-1: c7a61ab7860af8a93da130765bb7325456e0063e SHA-256: 5921cf3606e695c85e2785f87d3a0012cba0e8453d70ae84318cac906633943d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' specifically highlights this behavior, and the 'SE_URGENCY_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3f8741ad376abcec25d048823faac07/91110094165.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://joltiy.ru/uploads/files/lekerugikoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabbleanddesign.com/clients/c/c6/c60e280709801842a26e47e23f21f170/File/zagegetujisabepunesesimiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esthebel.de/userfiles/file/kobikodopasotusekosit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibiforstarlight.ca/clients/3/3c/3cfcca4e360ca8807b7dd7d6e7cbeae0/File/lududimozanabinefataw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarmaramures.ro/userfiles/file/dopifisukifegelikodepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gldbirdgel.com/user_img/files/kematorubawupedir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/37172378506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088295c16dc9---84727088842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/dekedofaxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/17959284022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispecom.com/cms_dispecom/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/97861541468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e24gl2vtfsvau2p1ad1cldjtbe/letodolilekaxapepuvos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/guvumizuralesobukisisum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamtaniketan.com/userfiles/file/mabesuwojimovikizawik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zakarpattya-tour.com/upload/93524753987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/wixomevagejibaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neurooperations.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wudonodegore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f27szerviz.hu/upload/files/nikuxofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballarioarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/58505336720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/972fc25254a359df8d3eb9790de350a8/50038453736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/mizugikove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717303a617c---88047345065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=read+the+text+and+answer+the+questions+in+englishPDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/96552165418.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_off0000eaa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAA8 11004 bytes
SHA-256: cffa7aa51f9a635d69fcd5af93eb94a7fc418842486ce626babe1a09ae1ae678
font_01_sfnt_off000103bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103BC 18196 bytes
SHA-256: 2e1f670df8b568eca021a9fabfedfdf40b0d6c565bd2d0f82b8acdd6e3fd74ea
font_02_sfnt_off000132ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1