Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c287d63b194ce92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:58:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: aa9ddb2c01416dd5ae227fdc283ff874 SHA-1: e80585cf36505bc83128d39b1f34417a38274df2 SHA-256: 5c287d63b194ce920d739ba2a56cb9547425a482b96306dc287160777cd0fbed
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://zippy-inc.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/66037287374.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945e2766b87---82551859276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb3dee4002---tanexaxoduwinazage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vhcvietnam.vn/ckeditor/images/files/rudilol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef392a9f7024f8aac290f0132e42f57f/litanibisavipuxibafonawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/run61cqscnkv8qkqiqm8vrav20/37551702284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-ostrava.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6378240853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94740345084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lactopad.com/uploads/files/38744496697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gadd-asso.org/userfiles/file/32148441542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9cc2c93d0b5310edd8fce830dfe9b51/61290056772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caogenzhiben.com/filespath/files/20210821055722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46a8c59eb34e95c1f26b92410956280d/surafanuvewel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kardelendalgicpompa.com/uploadfiles/file/21813365988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608172246c4aa---fivisegipodovavafiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21ee8be0ef8ceba6e72c8aad849ecc03/29028700392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungrawin-itt.com/userfiles/files/selowimajela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7f52aa269e---79036370759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f36c22543---56743104295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094add798951---12533868302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9rsdvkhju15id6c3mkn0fq4mnn/34860648694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayurherbal.com/userfiles/file/jasonavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8286f8920d2ebf147feea17449dd042/84155006452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-elec.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14569450539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annamsaigonlaw.com/upload/files/2744165344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=competition+success+review+2018+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_off0000bffe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFFE 18040 bytes
SHA-256: 00213823c090cc2daac876b8afea558e771d2930102caea24442e8ecf530e9b7
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE4B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010662.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10662 11360 bytes
SHA-256: e2eebbd4d3fa4ba3e8245e0d2597add6621e908e0cdfd00c060afd6a9c5219fb