Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5991f7c630a7aad4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 11:05:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9a43a71e744b778f9fe5caf57787264f SHA-1: e2012513daf45f198cc587f12ab6058dbf9dfad0 SHA-256: 5991f7c630a7aad426786fb3fa8e6297fa493c6532d4a30a2a90aee3a62a12f9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's used to distribute further malicious content or phishing lures. The presence of multiple URLs hosted on potentially disposable domains reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6afd283a49---jakejolibufinetotafutud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/odos6jcg0jfeagrsb8utm3fo50/vigevilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0a9766e580---64867752331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1918c84f3d2f5a91a05003f7c7cbd1c4/4727590842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/518f1657f8c1f3d84c89a25d04184cca/78071932358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/49611216944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/56818726157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088477467e91---zevizagejenufaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2390d13ab7---guxobabofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/70565431472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/mutelopadepuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/79347208351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/rakujiduguge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d55b68e9fd---litenudirapumazotulexaluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852e0996648---mevoxeladipeweges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bda.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/venajatizikepin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cec84449db84cd518cfc1300c2f1a954/65427603225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42a901fd01---zalepezoveboparozawapifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ktmcollege.org/public_html/userfiles/file/6201298416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e18fa6ec8b33fc9af38784e2b722b05/gibipelovisixofuzawubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qk10gfu91aii0lb1lbbqr27le5/28751764185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/rubalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716ac874106---28913215030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietmoiquangle.com/webroot/img/files/vovim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=pentagon+government+definitionPDF 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_off000142fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015b14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B14 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 32c67764739cbce7a2b790e784c92611f10536baa627cc55982d0fc6004c272d
font_02_sfnt_off000172ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x172EE 17588 bytes
SHA-256: d027b3c31358303b3649d0e0fb26f2412afaf1c73ad803aa03a0e9e429de56d9