Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d49adb714e4e64b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:20:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 6d827e7421fa6ecaf90c55ed0ccf9011 SHA-1: 4da2d4971973e4955e44ef0853e4a2c760754213 SHA-256: 5d49adb714e4e64b061e5a9f8c28e38fc6c4f90dd6b835919d9e94dfbc0f5caf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and the 'link farm' heuristics suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=online+pdf+to+ppt+converter+free+download+full+version PDF link annotation
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f032cd7c0d---doxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaurrieta.net/USERFILES_JAURRIETA/files/93384862747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catedralirodahaz.hu/data/editorfile/dukili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b6be58d53a---xizifelogov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9bae4780f2---gijogitize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5d99b1b55cb2cce1caa35648f2dbccb/guzefale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9713b1ddaf3db510473a2885831f9d08/falafubulipajebojafak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saunadlaciebie.pl/userfiles/file/basodomibababav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7rsonrkgli9fln701febm8qak/sededadakememegisivav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078de0a840bd---jozikonawuxevuzumaladu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa743aa985367c6a09afc3ff87a9c3e6/44858291212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinslock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13231832969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/tijuratopuvipururaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nenanhduong.vn/Upload/files/71076224991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fddbc380c5d---21083377052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southafricapools.com/contents/files/51981458417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourhkg.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/rotemopasabareleleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortemadera.com/wysiwygfiles/file/wibimig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tovilamobiduwuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-dvere-online.cz/media/upload/upload/file/8395234023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1c5d0ba5e---pezadezivamojulikur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubabus.cz/novy-web/upload/file/gubasuluxagomojud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa9c28e37e7---47165056496.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_off0000c746.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC746 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 7e976b48cc844f11631968729e955882bfc9e2807d85832a7dd2f390f0d202cb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A8 16948 bytes
SHA-256: d146c1dd2469520238658aa3381fce7c243b575ae64e5286f8b928940e75edad
font_02_sfnt_off00010cbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CBE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1