Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5cae3d819b716d89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-08-05 04:00:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 500fe22cab2f670133fe62d2c4cd44d5 SHA-1: 4af4d2dcf6538694b8d40a8f9e79e8a99f76add0 SHA-256: 5cae3d819b716d89c0edb387b27cf93656e65dadfba6513315a14527f638d1d4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that likely lead to malicious content or phishing sites. The PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristic further suggests that some links point to compromised web hosting, increasing the likelihood of a malicious payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+50+ft+drain+auger PDF link annotation
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca855ee14b---lenonitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://institut-arabe.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zatot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genegurumiraclehealer.com/userfiles/file/nelofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/mosufawedopunumutoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myveolife.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/753e2c0d2058411b62771fda6c3ad9c6/borarasuduwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cce3c1a28cf154ad19a8695a8957d713/59614345438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4849ee07569aef3097a10442340ff0cb/91943592000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peptidturkiye.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62387635597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/favorumunelobufitumijuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/riselagowisepikukubekig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/upload/2021/06/file/1625034005288344037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779b3da7971---tidomibilunafimusibiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kukubara.com/zdjecia/file/24542036601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/789bb98874f633fab127bdce72023c52/luzojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marasintl.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/52399021809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ed58c6ec4cc8014c92225f0dbcc578/7603962019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxidmum.com/images/upload/fck/file/14705620538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91f1518f05---81228111047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/92246388992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210624000631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/zusabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huimao.com/upload/38214221650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f7c2da79824ab1596ac2b360cf5b82b/kojisajezoxozazopag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordinate-ltd.com/file_media/file_image/file/zorisiluvanodisipibivimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/wutubudagotijibobemova.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_off0000f6de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DE 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 221a121a2c770fb0af780c37a18070113d8a8ef8bff52262a5fc6812df846764
font_01_sfnt_off0001102f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1102F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012841.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12841 17140 bytes
SHA-256: a2ae68d77f06778d3e3805dec540e90f209f6a663a9ed5555e1e78ea84f072c5