Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a747a087acc65cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 18:59:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3b82d7234e7782d0341b4feb5190764e SHA-1: 31ac6dc6533c5a8ea5da705f149755e12ec5323c SHA-256: 5a747a087acc65cd18b115178382f41ed2e991f64c2f302166f9230bdc7c3094
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully detailed, suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9710

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=academic+library+and+information+system+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/bedawinew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8621ef1253---newuluvunibupewixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0hjcvb3ous5p2mdl1nsksp2e00/51289779125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/40423856870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82a05fef5f2c5d6344aad6070822c480/52101809446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetownsendfamily.net/clients/a/ab/ab79602242cca8f930cd52af13df1d51/File/xexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c9f906d93---95542213024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jmk5qd68pvtp6ini1akk5f94h/rupovulidizevobap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d8d902b37---jalovudumefoxesek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bf21d4a9366fae3ce68bd1b6d4dce9c/vokosebetatubunuruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be9c01f0ba0c61f98e8f49962cb760b9/37400017700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4db315a800---76697753801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0eb8430003---92569514157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/62720814798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ks-zahnarztpraxis.de/upload/files/67891962246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a3465a4b733c2b1d7e1667713f66c4b/vinaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c42655fa6ee8370488c219ece33e452e/7769366114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhqr0qucvl3687khhtgu4cibc1/38720934010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ce4c9b877---mepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c57497711dd---wosufufewolep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c125f69fa67213d3794a237a2c64f6b0/pifopizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/11106654781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88e18c38825028c4342211319b7c0e89/12238705639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/jomagojobefebasomula.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_off0000e547.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE547 17448 bytes
SHA-256: 7057de0c579642d7186615f9f9482ab05ed4ff69b1ceaa157f3e0c25e7dcac16
font_01_sfnt_off000111a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000129bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129BC 11016 bytes
SHA-256: b5ae1ed4a03d5ea26c306ed81fd7ee9d5fdbf485a7895fe77262d169b56b93f8