Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d8ba528ec1d6756…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-08-16 06:53:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2728aa0553f729dd795d658f4d77955b SHA-1: b3415597a453fef56abe20a76c43b8e5ef6f4cdc SHA-256: 5d8ba528ec1d6756e2ba45ee6b37a00363336857443012b219df364749d7d429
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, specifically identified as a phishing trojan by ClamAV. The file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these URLs and the overall structure indicate an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+pms+color PDF link annotation
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/tuvugigewutetareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/mixuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4b529a843f58fef13cd0863a23b5bc7/36773408489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heryeryesil.com/resimlerfiles/47114282054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83c6e3b8f677753c65db70f07563c2b7/firororilakotonezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed34a9b7880---sikuwalegojowivevova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f14cb99152354b532808bd34f62c5a6/giruzuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokofontaenen.de/idata/vovopas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnhhgj.com/upfiles/userfiles/file/fipakelexamilijazevixakol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c69096b8dc4---sawosob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/863c3fd63dd1c57d6c70824b1918c370/gajodowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a36b7766992---vemuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwsedan.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/napizaduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/59719105137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/wizawumabenazegozujero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/mijudukafemejijujom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/602f8f7fe6960bd702e096d17a645897/vixafigozavatuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/nezemusetosutewuvod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wshs67rocks.com/clients/9/94/942520bde836a0b401740df6f3d23d35/File/jamuxevagufuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latrinquette.com/upload/editor/file/84766828422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serpavenger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jowevusepurosagemoluvezub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7d4bfa041d6830003f737d055201851/sajikexiwabewifikugifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/jesutegawibuwofenulamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/folari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a72276001---28100731349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b77326a5f2afae1117cd820b4897be6a/23440179808.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_off0000e2ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2EA 16328 bytes
SHA-256: 903e0e3d8069357ef371f366ac5909f17c5d88bd1b844ac77c6b4228d6901489
font_01_sfnt_off00010d56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D56 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 1120d83e919cf593159b6d66e94568df2d17d1711cc2312a4e4aa6a45368183b
font_02_sfnt_off000124da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1