Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5cb772454275b44d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-14 03:08:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1b0704f6b53fd45c45e01a0590b0ce2d SHA-1: 89a2b80d7909504d6dbf388211873e0e90c5f167 SHA-256: 5cb772454275b44dd7e230045c380c7bddde07a1c215717f96a9628847dd5c51
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these URLs and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bad+luck+quotes PDF link annotation
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e57a3e02bceea85ba8bb6b98475d680/julobagesurubodedulumifix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/31995155433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42e6fde7c7---dixumipoguxoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyupsifalibitkiler.com/resimler/files/xilapetalerutoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b137d90433b---439155387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f94d0b98e06580aba7d590ab8304099f/66006871017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/vivubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d336ff72d24a545e548f0c4eda0c8658/22479398997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/52372021553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d39d88c93ce---moworekubipagasawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tablica-nieruchomosci.pl/uploades/fckeditorfile/66737604209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/80902490076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebank.ru/sites/default/files/photos/pagefile/xepag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e272d0c9e179473081cb70fa55fe58b4/24423832092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyansdugunsalonu.com/userfiles/files/loduzojowatesalojevekopaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2c329bad9---belelobakamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b43844a22---gubarogebiwopevepimoviden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tylincms.com/userfiles/files/nivekufudobalulevikebop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b81e325c5---36689282647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c2c475f36---75911421029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f3c4895eb---68650342455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082acf8b014e---78233695557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recviem.ru/img/upload/sitilezitafabamuwedax.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_off0000f621.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF621 16584 bytes
SHA-256: cee67255c070c3a249e75493ccf2cc984fbf53020b4686c22a592beeca2dc83f
font_01_sfnt_off00012102.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12102 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 52e7f682b2e2787946a38615ec3d6b4f2ed6d70a757db673964c5d0dd62b1763
font_02_sfnt_off000138c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1