Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d537f47e06f99d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:41:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 380c430cc898b6b197e3d888cecbbde7 SHA-1: cb9eb3d98174de85bfec050c9417ba86c04a4032 SHA-256: 5d537f47e06f99d7ebd2e9f40a3b6e5ef4c21565b67d8e163d4a7e7ac9145a54
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of multiple links on compromised CMS upload storage reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb6989ec01---22734553029.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://principesgs.com/userfiles/file/41529845194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/melewofikubuzosuwenisad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e990231f8---tadupexomosoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibliberia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97257696972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78b2bb454c09a124307e1be476eedfe5/mexeluvidizibovib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b41c855f39---26474316029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607632d7255df---raxipezofilul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822ec1548d1---nuvapevaparawot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db995c565259a480a464abafdfc77255/bosamemora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c39ccfb3dca---78987429334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/78096683497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff784322a8769c324f70f199b4dc9a5f/jawapusokurega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/15355978543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef5992dd93c93a9c345173e241cb80d7/gaselarupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29ce8b895df7c946492f3df5c1447ba9/91679997998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nojew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumputhijau.com/contents//files/230646570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/pumitodiluwovafab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghedanang.com/media/ftp/file/mujanilewagubelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f351bdb840e3f17f9cdfc4991a1aae6d/rejubopupexolukem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/82385380290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4f5bb08e76---4156252912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7omb4cl0c6m8pun8mqn9ovnn0/vapewesadoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/96838127277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b018b78d2df---93069669082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=exploring+science+workbook+answersPDF 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_off0000d355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD355 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB6C 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 6ec41e2097315048d3cae6695e491c7968e6fb7bf68e496f5daf578a9c0df2f7
font_02_sfnt_off0001046f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046F 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 1e5a2339252421d65fd264b0e3d5af1be9dc51233776a691b46c1e8f8fa1a848