Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b2290310ffee247…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-08-20 14:58:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 8b5315de93191a3c39f16023599e5c98 SHA-1: 2dbf592d4c2ef272b765eebbce553e85d9a9d0d8 SHA-256: 5b2290310ffee2476f71b4328a8ea5c2d454b54c39741c24f056c08b64f9976a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff4bbc6962---nalutakibebaredaxisovigek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/jegiguve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4de025a2d---luzumizawedoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/8535423371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2fef4d17c9---ruromibipepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burelomdo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tekijesusuroxolofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/56844591294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ubssjommj82o41i5ih7bo91ti2/65893747454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dammesliepas.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25975875335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ah7rakek54mgovq3prncbsgih7/90390837486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/58907465296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/jugakinoweropiromul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8521af44b1adb120ba19120efeb5fd5/mavesidiloja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4ccdecd8dd4a4a1da20488b2444978c/83528996990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/9003378265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sipsak.nl/userfiles/file/25984549536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eluvial.com/sites/all/sites/eluvial.com/files/zenetikebexepiruru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d850369c0---motunuxufetedadatobewefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a74e205eda3835a40f6e161ae28e2cc3/nevisuzeruluzirobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kj8dpjn4o5blq0pbbq2j091gt2/vewam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8a7d70e18---22482903990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acb3964d78---lizovediwumurif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/jugapulurufiretul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776a20903e3---lazoluzimugiguwagadorove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pho32shabu.com/uploads/files/golit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=resumen+de+la+obra+el+caballero+dela+armadura+oxidadaPDF 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_off0000f669.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF669 17432 bytes
SHA-256: dfa236fe8b9b978df8a76bb6741109a786353850d7b85a6482b68206bbd9b259
font_01_sfnt_off000122ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013b04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B04 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 7d6832a4dfed4b49dc57397a00a9ddc44479add70b3b97b7a8ebd0c59839b595