Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d68ea3b079bad31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-08-09 23:53:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2fd6c89abf4996ee7ac0dd796e3b3b30 SHA-1: 3b494feaa9b1c319a8158b2754fe83926cc24158 SHA-256: 5d68ea3b079bad3171f83ded6256e634b0a894cd7fcb86869cc8eaf7adcb480c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, likely to distribute further malware or phish for credentials. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, suggesting it's not intended for direct user reading but rather as a container for malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+is+solidworks+flow+simulation
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c162f481a8179d3d06786ffe875fb495/lupipurekeram.pdf
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e9f6032249---27241149125.pdf
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/tinokedazetavizi.pdf
    • http://librojuridico.com/aym_images/files/65308395598.pdf
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ede14b1e2d3c04b344c784a3dbc65d8b/binimekajiwifujuvesu.pdf
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cf09f20a0831183552dca55b8d3ccfb/debigaru.pdf
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160892cf84d5de---mutabomovavakorepevozu.pdf
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/72934258420.pdf
    • http://kozszemle.hu/uploads/files/2577079122.pdf
    • http://kahsport.cz/userfiles/file/bupulawasulilodexapuv.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17eaa6b023---mokoza.pdf
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/83647410348.pdf
    • https://trouver-une-ssii.com/img/pics/files/zebomo.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2qmvnosirbh1r046neth72ou6/dotipemojurunikatakasu.pdf
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce93e4d90b9---96209023547.pdf
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28738ed2a2---74115989396.pdf
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e50fb4047924cd59b0746a89899bb5a0/dulozawosub.pdf
    • http://humansharehouse.com/userData/board/file/89383440652.pdf
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102d81114bbb---kulogesowezopewifisamer.pdf
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b39c35377bb---71004582803.pdf
    • http://k1a.ru/images/files/file/nemojexivujadi.pdf
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da649bc28c6d6e8c5a663a3338e5501a/60152116234.pdf
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0daddb77ff---60885945992.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fb8a.bin
ccbfd25a5386c3c4320e0ca4c1e67f1c5614af64a08ceca5f9bdbd99e00c00f6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB8A 10876 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011480.bin
d12caa1c9ab7bc98fa9527cc0368a521c81b995d25a3c7c00fd30eb60151dc5e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11480 17392 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000141dd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141DD 16792 bytes