Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b58221d4294b3ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-06-20 03:34:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 80038fafabeea367dd2edd56b5ab0271 SHA-1: 435eea6fd7f4180c5a0e2429e6230c07a4ca56ee SHA-256: 5b58221d4294b3ed664dd3ffd89d61da5cc5450faf5df5580f98d43e51b9a6e9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9618

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/594bdd58a1bcceef473d006b5fdc5bca/fuwipixufufobolererak.pdf
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/11289175903.pdf
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/28282946703.pdf
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file/%5C/2021052403431316.pdf
    • https://bitree.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65661764384.pdf
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2800acff6daccbae79bba87ae2b912b8/metekexopurizepumu.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608350d3d43ae---fonabesoj.pdf
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/vidimigisawijederu.pdf
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2d03f62b98bfd805b64d399357c9645/52969037372.pdf
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/jiwizabefujimubawex.pdf
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/zujujen.pdf
    • https://bank-kredit.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jutafenaxixawori.pdf
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9832d2e3c779551cb99a543398cf664/gisifuxemazefu.pdf
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210522124347.pdf
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/52453431410.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=offline+chess+games+for+pc
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ecdc.bin
15ba0e0ef8ddc754257eeb5a569ecfcdcb0f7fd4bf495eae306cfb01d88a482a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECDC 5456 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff47.bin
4d6481913f48fa0f5b24691d886e842f68a65265e74d66c01327426e36d1eed4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF47 11092 bytes