Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ade9b77f5594479…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-08-26 06:32:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cf1ac7b8f6389b3b42779912d9664188 SHA-1: 20389089b570d78b4338e0491dffaea4dd7d2c89 SHA-256: 5ade9b77f5594479725a037b039767699fb67b71b8f7622cdac5a9fcc60ac0c7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF link farm heuristics further supports this, indicating the document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5hv7eugkoubutl43uue8390hi7/nabumowul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7bbed8e73---34358745268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top1np.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71601246298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/559f57d3fda6ea6b2f6550acd1578989/12674193147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/kunapulamologetezitaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/71087657626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dae9149d7279c63c89df6fb432b6c26a/dinivolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhstroi.by/uploads/files/pijaxedawajanaxenoveja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c6940c20b7---10811673156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/wobetoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786b5a7e878---19933783591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa2ed7ca27b---mazuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8e56c8be69---21899651494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bf34f3561f93726b197997c9deb03fc/zusarow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c294131ed9a---3248305967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/fobiwiwutakuraluwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cea61e153b66d00665ca16e29d0261e/38506032792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/42473097365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metisentry.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/degegujobef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccb37a84f19f300f5a5b74697c31baf6/62734489292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7367af6bb---dumare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asken.as/bilder/file/96484257910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-021.com/userfiles/file/20210623153813_g5hehx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wolesufovefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a847484c6d7---2688064271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents//files/ledupuwuriganutirobageji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=mutual+termination+of+lease+agreement+templatePDF 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_off0000db9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB9A 16552 bytes
SHA-256: 1d955ef02969ea1b774ab16512e883e4d4cdf77660a0c3e4e6e2c1a5a7e1bb5d
font_01_sfnt_off00010699.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10699 10792 bytes
SHA-256: ac61a0dae187fdd069aac58439b79aeedf5261bc4a10a753b02faefd3a256e04
font_02_sfnt_off00011f75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1