Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5da4553db6a57ae0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 04:07:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2bba0594f2abe13dae74d34936518477 SHA-1: d72fecc4931697e0441f3d047f4ca93e9d589469 SHA-256: 5da4553db6a57ae0c7e0f8216d6e20cf67e27f2120c9f6969eeccb23e88cfc2a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning attempt to direct users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature of the file, likely intended to deliver a phishing payload or malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=key+to+wren+and+martin+primary+school+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60080dee390e122a2dc48fbdbcc23f6d/muxitunazufimokiduzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd8f6dd5580---34022407162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/dezulufilonadabete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralcogtc.com/uploads/file/zalaxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-reefer-tournament.be/argt/files/5425176416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/99715282847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/63858574705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d503c344e---46818078613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/186e8a2ed8052b4ee7e867b93b8b1613/76216736934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtipartner.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21936971927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b955561c3d---10735537012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esrafisek.com/images_upload/files/pajiwibijosofimamamexax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870cdc51567---88664660420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/045edb7f2miv9auf40spkvvdo0/11908842969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kantcjsa326ecs5ufneb28ke4q/42169675223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12985af6d5---63759964820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulherinscampground.com/clients/879992/File/zokusenubixuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db5ddf9cc9f---68015191432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naszymsladem.pl/upload/file/nalifexilib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/mumalasanadodexefepaver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e70653aa6a155ad726a458f677b7e2b3/27501552370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://starwebline.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zunumulukinopulofune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607125081dd9a---sevezanunugewo.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_off0001100e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1100E 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 2cd64521c8444b2c69d6db9ed3261780a3dec04a1629c0103b6a7b6c6ca13bca
font_01_sfnt_off000129b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129B6 18392 bytes
SHA-256: 3e49534b77e02713affc8a62339f5b7f5d79966dc0282643acb309dace81709e
font_02_sfnt_off00015a50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1