Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5cfd33f082ba095c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-15 23:23:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e81b8e033a230ee7ef5f0b7419217381 SHA-1: dbe408d0d89cc30d932cd7fd30856253a22c2605 SHA-256: 5cfd33f082ba095cfd3687a81b22b4bff790a2db83a94c37572b8717289e678d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://whiteplacard.com/UserFiles/file/58544602486.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4641899e52---30158603827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/513e0a952385b2ca2443d2c6385e8691/30928148399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c389962c5b2---84835066797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0518be7e5---15055456240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fced7c56bd5dccb6136a41cea497451/63185557541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61756d3eb9---nobekomivaxurumuweligeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingbeat.com/contents//files/midonerusegopuwaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df6f5e455adcef51424af0e78ced20a9/rifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4e87a85a4---lirilog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608020ee1285f---65965425150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/24600101180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubslotalmatriche.com/calcas/file/92684804756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021043005470973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liantoong.com/archive/upload/files/73506375057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93f4517f6ead881fd89bfc1121205e5d/49249922736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolfingnaples.com/clients/a/a5/a5422f62036d2d393d866963e902351c/File/87959056511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marwaautorepair.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/runobav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebdcb14923---rukutepelovojinedilino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edb45c253f4---32744869716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/nibodoladojobedisut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/84603298395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32ef09bb4c---45757321905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yorktownhs1987.com/clients/57482/File/jivuvoponot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0720963baf9803f838c2fd73d4c427f4/robivofewativaxepuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+marginal+probabilityPDF 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_off0000e614.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE614 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE2B 10872 bytes
SHA-256: faa0d807e2eee21504255f2bfbff5574bc8c9cd22f0aa790172910c9bf3df733
font_02_sfnt_off00011706.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11706 16512 bytes
SHA-256: 5e8ecb4525db8c143c03aa9b0acc5ab26b1042db96a8101324a7e2627c311290