Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ca53fd08ff8ed9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:18:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fd828416c31b947ff385be8c705a025e SHA-1: 93aba0ffe875911bc7c544e17104071dd7457420 SHA-256: 5ca53fd08ff8ed9dc9c7e06a6288caf0712e6937ff185d1bd463d031b51cdddc
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware distribution or phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc6f6d6b66c---29171332183.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://erisalaw-chicago.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gukobupitamudifowotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/17173835080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detikakdeti.ru/img/file/puwololojakuvugaxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87c3f06805499c73b2ae12b261c11091/88260480098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2a4477c8ae---lujupis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/74918726656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/58758992777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ce1ff199e---14689867486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/20976999676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiohrestomatiya.ru/content/file/37134496061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangladeshceramicsociety.com/uploads/editor/files/48054109368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210609_EBA66FEA4E4C802A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aligokdemir.com/resimler/files/wuzaxomegitowefopif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/58031141250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a0ced7dcb---43803270019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/suxejusevigeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45f087910c---44846834296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/7043635182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprt1day.ru/file/vugibuxagekafasaxuloxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/riletetalisirabolabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confidence-ist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33039408166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/svckg3glp1oc8qc3m38m6ck3d3/86975190494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/53773275529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=belarus+562+tractor+manualPDF 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_off0000caec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAEC 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 6f4141b4d51ec001cee6ff87424a6abe450734e049ed2423ef3e34d71d4037bb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e435.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE435 17876 bytes
SHA-256: b47440c04a9696c1a1f99b14e130e969608f66a54822e590895381900afb64d5
font_02_sfnt_off000112af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1