Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5cead3dca0db7a58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-07-31 21:49:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ee9c85a265f2365e7a13850f4269bc8f SHA-1: 992c6423921d1b0f468a40b2987c946361bfe1a7 SHA-256: 5cead3dca0db7a5873fbebe4ea7ee55d3491826318220b3e187b5501700601d1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vishnu+sahasranamam+in+telugu+with+meaning+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607285952add0---bisejejunofijeduba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qa7vfqf593pgvd9a3hqru5qj0r/7615383609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daechienglishpark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44691608538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210619_F9B1BD7F194B9BD7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cde07e040---xinajagijuvugosigigitidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05c12a3033f4205cf6f1c04ba491a78f/85685324698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d31a00eeec---55844410950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsdienst4you.de/bilder/file/vukijudikitodewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/rodumosagovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9b63214bf---14393322904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/povri6896ngl0vrc4hrhd28jk3/lasawelefazufaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4d4586bc743968fcbe779fc58c4cee9/53666855605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tochuchoinghi.org/files/85067119078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/57322030767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/36260826958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guvawov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pdkvpoh82jk7ildsj6n89pno5c/30698565762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086922e893ac---84405512433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8126aef827663c77924601822fd9f1d1/xigokasabozidodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/kagimelurexep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d592ca520---fewojokegese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af04f119e5---muguzukiwujofevijowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents//files/68271048047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirdining.com/uploads/files/51483753810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/xivogowixoledes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ce60b1f0d---79531538354.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_off0000c4cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4CB 11100 bytes
SHA-256: f7efab4ad4e00729b9fd5e7e13985e470c3353930c99b9712387b6b609dacb10
font_01_sfnt_off0000de55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE55 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 93dc95a753b9aaf938d82ba2b7c37b2541c03472f4d74a25c2f746de26f9e77a
font_02_sfnt_off0001078a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1078A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1