Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5bd1627d484d4b7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-08-16 04:01:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f01127e0acac988e3a34a8f9ae6a8297 SHA-1: b25ae65e4eaffbfb6bb07512c69485f5e78d113d SHA-256: 5bd1627d484d4b7c10c18f9814beb6abb814c64bd8adbddda73f2d2569d82758
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware downloads. The presence of multiple PDF files within the link farm further supports a content-distribution or phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://bmw-zona.ru/uploads/file/24681307680.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da476e4f83---12846249734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sebatmakina.com/files/lukodaninisokopefupakez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c54c30e6a8---dereroturafekofeware.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10c25b47217886191c900f3b73640682/53492916090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f58c9cb470---zofetuduloronijogegolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/95310815006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/20391374255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/29134827056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34871f17d1f32837e1c827ce9ecf5747/51137983152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/66844352380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoybowlramenandpoke.com/uploads/files/viduka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e13866f4d---makokekezus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c14e55622---58295126350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/76837054335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/mujurogizozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/mediwitutafuseditifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effektfilm.de/files/file/jodik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcd29bbd67e---50732330744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c099eb368---6515201357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiegravesen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ludoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec2989238b---biboriwofimerexewinutumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soc-in.com/data/media/files/42243984586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e4f06d8cdb13ff11675dcf9795425fb/xurotegigaxumomufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=zootopia+full+movie+download+480p+dual+audioPDF 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_off0000e0ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0BA 11016 bytes
SHA-256: e13583c22c4e7fca1b02e10304d76d1d3519e1888f964d1198f52d21dccf893f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA6B 16800 bytes
SHA-256: b7a29801164c08e6c616cf346be3b92cb8e5a277e03428377e5c8eaec8fcc15e
font_02_sfnt_off0001261d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1261D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1