Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5934617f78ebf0a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:33:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1854338f52cf2deefcd1631a597794a3 SHA-1: 7d90ebb325894902dd172511da6b04c15c03c5b3 SHA-256: 5934617f78ebf0a8ff791d4d87bd6c14629330cc2eeb701b354f3caa4e36059f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The PDF structure itself is also noted as having duplicate object bodies, which can be used for obfuscation.

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tohatsu+2.5+hp+outboard+2+stroke+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmhgrvpk8ujn72137bj5f941c3/12996003206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larrysiegellaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bojelavomod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planetamama.ru/files/file/24340510843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea83a12cb3---99959176325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a117ca0c3b7b6bfef0d990f04683028/bowotexidepaxudotag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843d7b36439---6947375985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successalpha.team/upload/files/2583898297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ba64a2ff4---lojosev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/60554808120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71ad54c0c2a4bf44bda74e7bf1a0bc35/14135285094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jubileejec.com/userfiles/files/26467533731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubler-son-capital.com/photos/files/bexaviperipuligis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/295b084c866c518c5657b8785e7d8998/rururenepala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a82de6b87b99435594e75032e8b327b/20484612123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/zexemeliwifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902cb3dfd4e---57454485562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/272bf32c5f7a1923d06eaaba7280b9b9/81513258134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designerhouse.ru/upload/files/70893261650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c13cb1fff5f15e430a4caefe7d2d09b/91320380032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffd3d13ea6b65e02b77be32526b0e4d5/roniturote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c27987e07b---malekuzoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airxps.com/userfiles/files/83344931491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/495618a4ef6f415981f409d97f8294fd/kejikobasuwewozabube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.padanguparduotuve.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61809730275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607377bf03c76---kamewifawadiwori.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_off0000d67e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD67E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE90 18008 bytes
SHA-256: 139d9b20c9372935c7459804e449bfdda5e96e745a0520e56c2684a19c788aaf
font_02_sfnt_off00011c69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C69 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 80bdce374ae372c72613964b5cda5fbedbabb776954c057a88f316e0ab6c330f