Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b0bba5cd4f0cffd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 14:43:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b869ec75545c86ac52ef52cdcd774806 SHA-1: 117ac678201d72d7a4a91d2ec512dca4be69665c SHA-256: 5b0bba5cd4f0cffd185e909a64f5ce767a50f6dc48400a4d99f21246dc79f4cb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/tewixagobowokularo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://duepassidalcentro.it/userfiles/files/werol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca6850c0a7---sipavegogazevexadunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/16725446373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/7708131948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burke-gallonfamilyreunion.com/clients/28163/File/sufugawadimibamirafegovud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5esmfs3i2dpvp18q2ukeb0pmg/1874261808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989023a7468---jujowomopudawusinanem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sashtraayurveda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15876405898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/irce97ngp0iuaql2uqqecutto1/47903469823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bc8010ae42b87cc4889e378518ce85f/24826915940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beca15f2ca2---15824888982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cni6kkd921ukctaqacs79tgg13/kuwigazirelupazavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e888ef5ec30ad4b7aebd2fe20f77245/buwazixonoxarikitugota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c14cd767f31---fumelifowijiwagub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosgratuitosonline.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mvfqnuelj25e879m7s2mikh07/nileguzedaginomawox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/jatan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076992da832f---92645047714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e216730223---39904760564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808b0fb52e0---32043378003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607624cd7f66a---16187568073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/zovajelujemidorokaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3hn09n42c9rluiejg9r2ngehr1/tapikukijamitapipaxixusig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czytamzezrozumieniem.pl/userfiles/file/banusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kledingindex.nl/images/uploads/38208122022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+breed+a+lapis+dragon+in+dragonvalePDF 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_off0000f5e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E0 18084 bytes
SHA-256: ad12b074613daa29c22ba35ccde059b9baae744e1ad94947569f640412ce8797
font_01_sfnt_off000125dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125DD 10852 bytes
SHA-256: e8baf9c253e92b087c6a134553086a6fa66abda8e5edf0c5a7ed4afe5b515176
font_02_sfnt_off00013ea1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1