Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d8cac6376fceffd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-08-24 16:00:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7e2317796088cbaa530b9100d3200972 SHA-1: 7188f74060be5be7f04e75cb571cf32d59acd787 SHA-256: 5d8cac6376fceffd527ad0ff21cbbf1bc846534c84e913614809e77a215693a1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links and the PDF's structure indicate an attempt to exploit users by directing them to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+blind+watchmaker+sparknotes PDF link annotation
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ce32d2f20.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/sudimogoradebajebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/70425867946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf77b5bce35---45537649783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckpak.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/bokajififevavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d290b9c367---xiriwilopejatebosizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunrise-photon.com/upfiles/editor/files/71486140291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventmetal.ru/userfiles/files/mumazedumawulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptwash.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/jituxutipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///wudokaxasabovenojigosij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/14236330161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotronic.eu/files/file/juwixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/17805573527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bladmedyczny24.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e8dc351d67cfec36e9c6b25540dcf36/31422778892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mths1965.com/clients/6/62/626de2090e8268457c7577d5e8b87900/File/suwixujudezet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/712f1226df28cc83e08c7abf32d1d952/58292279980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ef8b4eb4b17231ed759280dfba5d54/fimivununi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.restaurant-latableedevercel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5961405345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab940521063---livojojifusijugutir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/98696393854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchlink.org/userfiles//file/bivolor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://treeoflifetolfu.com/clients/0/07/07f122ebb3396bb3f917f2e62af81596/File/kodegetotajuzalado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9396e18b7---zekoponarusufesomubotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161008c1515a94---fepoxulekip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22fd175abc1cfce7f5c9ae7964aaec97/28855643031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/pabivesujugadujunapukew.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_off0000e99c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE99C 16704 bytes
SHA-256: 2e6bcd726f4f48f1696609a4c1ab807552ff334cd1b0e312d0201fccd9a01892
font_01_sfnt_off0001151f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1151F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D36 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 9ced7c4483be2348725c1f68f68a6e8656e75087842da53deb8eb42152879d4c