Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d4dba2253824d65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:11:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ede47987cde9e1e63a7142976c6718a4 SHA-1: 7c806ac0e56f89bf787d480de28d59e252376dce SHA-256: 5d4dba2253824d65dfc19c05d37e15d456c8682c9772a7990b1e5aeecb747732
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609efd6930930---45441628185.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c25b9422d35---mekezemeketivosom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygrind.ie/userfiles/file/fabujipetuwadasilaweke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/65166574426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qeyeoptical.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56777474955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propactionvehiclesuk.tv/userfiles/files/33639913421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/zipilonewuvuzagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cab630f2582a2211ebe723764151a251/zoluvapizimanamewaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/19928592179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3a9ea94e2---34945163540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bggjseqk0ugjnlsjrjfbrp62d/87927743656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmarzillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guwiwimopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/debabebirakafosusenitife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bititechnika.com/uploads/file/zodisemevulonixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingyitech.com/uploadfile/dopememesixiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valkexclusief.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/gusisagemixiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/35239281715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-tct.ru/userfiles/file/gituponadosizusekikunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608506b02882f---lekubanovejiwovav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e974888d08d---zulotekuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f450937d04111de80281449d9aefd3dd/75284189205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzafjc.com/uploadfile/files/76832484334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innobiztour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210824_E13FDA05E4C67FB9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciavictoriayjmleon.com/userfiles/files/golixiliwodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=god%27s+plan+of+salvation+pdfPDF 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_off0000c5cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dde1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE1 16804 bytes
SHA-256: afd03ed693294725c64394d56d7ba6a30e8b7697839a310c37caee5e7c547d86
font_02_sfnt_off000108ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108CA 10396 bytes
SHA-256: cd9571ff805505c3a144312e1a3be7fe3a62088c1057afee4d85dc49285a2d45