Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5bafe34e37ee5396…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-31 16:25:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2ca1fc88f0fd0ef30bbeabe9e5269ec1 SHA-1: cf12f644823a9e0bbaaf4380e5f93d7f970f691e SHA-256: 5bafe34e37ee5396e0de703b82a33b2b2b47fd2f99c51c848877a23d2b086877
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to exploiting users through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of specific payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9886

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://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/28181433578.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3j64qdugdsr5scgs4ckipqnro/fividupidaxati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76f243029721d15553cb66dc63b1ce02/renefixademesukenerokiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e02659d2df8---fezanelemer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b844e159415---zaresipisupesujozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/texijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3d07b64878476e2c6f6eff5c7482c48/nusapaxujizejifabivaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/fomuxisegovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b314f988132c9cdaa0d739057b113ede/wajoragetotajelabisomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714427b0f79---semunamovowere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/18253976083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edc3folvp8mv10s9ahcbss6p75/rakedukeledutor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8f7e7db53---524939608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfa4add3b2c---vefoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da11f1a8a1180ee671e9d8040f3c2a9e/wosekokuxuxomiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomorrowhubs.com/upload/users/files/bevupakoxutopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://physocare.com/Images_upload/files/98218012503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c4765f541a68c3a9eb7cbb568220654/94163145589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1806e0c67e1a998ec80c33c1b59dff08/46416988232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlanham.com/uploads/files/bagedubonulezuboleteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4bfb93f61---1064407107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea81e6b1a52f8cdfef6a90c8d4006640/duvazabubasan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaiminhhanh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/24698606192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863a72799fd---17111569564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1b77f2a8a---24718713779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d34255837---pizabuvarub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=d%26d+volo%27s+guide+to+monsters+pdfPDF 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_off0000f6b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ecf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ECF 9076 bytes
SHA-256: f695977626623e59fedb2fbedebd468d0acf89ff6f6ceafeb3cee4351ddee6c8
font_02_sfnt_off00012170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12170 18324 bytes
SHA-256: 0bfc22fd10a44a85bb394e481c11ca7d866c5d072531675bd0a9a54ddae2f08a

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