Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5cf47dfdfb505d35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-08-15 17:58:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: df31fc1833f10fcfe5cb1e055e809fae SHA-1: c27b0afbc285974b02ea4fb84bedbadd5207ac5f SHA-256: 5cf47dfdfb505d352aa6a82a3f69a0dd15e8a905b32dfc00d203a26f9dd10389
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://c-amc.com/upload/files/lavimajetitoja.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bistakalikotenetwork.com/userfiles/file/zoliligeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf94753bae41be1cde2de8373b2b4b4e/55162742811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80403052680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regimhotelierbucuresti.com/images/userfiles/22130732551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1i6fjrn8nvmasj7fem8n8o415b/sitixomadawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/62527434753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vorne-sitzen.eu/pcms/content/file/23966425203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/64086531780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chothuexehochiminh.com/userfiles/file/15607005875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/defosonenokitizidete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/73031826397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee5fd8e1581---zejop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpszone.hu/upload/userfiles/file/zitisunesawepezipanovusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/xereruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/dopuxuvopiputumopalavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/75109646382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161004d9874163---39609545744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anaksemut.com/contents//files/29658105155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banghenails.com/upload/file/fugunobexixikuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/piresuluwofalajugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ed3832181---xajixapigujazopetigefuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/jewenawewovoxemunaxenawad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc1b80d542---netezadewub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa69fc45edb---rejiwigesoruravev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=divisibility+rules+worksheet+freePDF 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_off0000d980.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD980 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 029971e4843fa26b3badbcd854032a3f02a0852f67a35a8c9281c1a2a2353717
font_01_sfnt_off0000f220.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF220 15352 bytes
SHA-256: dabbefcefd5f5a8716792436576616740f411e43cf80de08eed757471f74bda3
font_02_sfnt_off00011941.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11941 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1