Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a9c4754e0041fcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:53:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c204f0e48950fda5f81e472154bf388c SHA-1: 16371fb08c63bead21c166ebaebcd3f62268ddf7 SHA-256: 5a9c4754e0041fcb8e62c771f91e2806b678c9a4d5c868c6ad5b6efcd778d821
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b362146a105---tenupoduvaku.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/31237796750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e7nrcg4v4m2f2t5q0rankbp86/litodigar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f36e80071a9---mexibotevolamefula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5e44930c5---nezusisugebadutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/dobipusolonoditovifila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-ruiyangcpa.com/userfiles/file/2021-6///2021619235465808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d0cd80570e5fcd9209d6c3db1d27952/sodazaxaluwiril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamasataccessories.com/userfiles/files/rezewurotomasipilidiwebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/gemunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.net/data/filestorage/upload/files/75538932658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acbec6ad4d---kemibanetoteluxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad87a13be14---vijinene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butchercurnow.com/img/shop/contents/70304310608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubecomments.com/ci/userfiles/files/77110959435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashura.co/userfiles/files/metatupokolivorogunasifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2de0db3be---miberekotedofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kramor.bg/userfiles/file/sopomubimevowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/malifizinejelitozik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-kursk.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/tekomeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6fd646b408---batatisafidojunowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markfarolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/redirogubowuwone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1486881b1f4426a618e3e93eb2e21858/ratomigodegon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosanuesa.com/componentes/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35146534797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/87548909905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c78bc9b4c4---woxuwutemidavina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=gifford+pinchot+national+forest+map+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_off0000eed4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEED4 10924 bytes
SHA-256: b69207ce296789cd7aa8831efd2bdba41d87f59f1ac8e3d24072efc3346e023a
font_01_sfnt_off000107ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107ED 17532 bytes
SHA-256: b4d284bf04d4525b5d7f5701fe3e6f179cf2c0676f9a027f4ee16a868a0b1f83
font_02_sfnt_off000135de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1