Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b95afcc20ae250a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:16:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5a497b708dc5e352dd6618a6cc02e666 SHA-1: 89ac39948da9296e5725c571d9e68b598dc34855 SHA-256: 5b95afcc20ae250a1ea31817da4035557056fcf0f763d704b8b831d693aaafc5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories 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 malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and UTM parameters further supports the classification as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=human+ecology+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/45528912910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ab19043a9---27097785817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c7cc8f9fd---47022595174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harryfok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bivexofijuwoxobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thamdinhgiadaiquang.com/img/files/pofixipovogajoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988b3897184---sejegiwoduwedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f2a77cba24---jipebekorasesidadeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zujobowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d00deeca36---26351000589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zurapofejeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a7mvhi8pnkg2nho9u60toh980/26175849330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hijoin.hu/editor_up/papogejezinupisorusobuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanti-fitness.pl/uploads/assets/file/gifiwamudepukugenokovopar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e12feca163e0d808d0c3eb734f31b98e/41770986919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fredericjean.net/oplusco/file/nigisinejobujozavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-liberec.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mixubedagavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc5200f3a0c59822280ca207afd042f1/91025570895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161210c55034f8---pofelokero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b4c06d0c6c---77504493713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db559j3la3jgm6uctstukn9e60/lejazakofesavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/57538168986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56959909405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/tagoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a6d097d2cf8ba6787d774589c800cfd/togoworenoviserokenilif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/8868515947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d2ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eae5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE5 10712 bytes
SHA-256: f6668f245a51139b531e600fd53c4f0b3e9fd7f4aee461ee107ce6380c5db69b
font_02_sfnt_off0001033a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1033A 18096 bytes
SHA-256: 2dc853004d49d965d395094048b2e3515c49cf557f5896a989f10bad77df1180