Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5dc94d5462a43fd8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-08-31 06:52:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 05f8d1d9130bcc0f9d4d346842f49e1e SHA-1: a02d608fd2070ae131a376daf2cb544c4f71e6e6 SHA-256: 5dc94d5462a43fd800b00fac56287fe9ceb46963666061f87ccb34bbf59723b1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f20928cfc110d7d1557346fcb7cd1552/21335314845.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mgtofubbq.com/uploads/files/zawiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infoegrafica.com/userfiles/files/23884526010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robotsuk.com/luckingbros.co.uk/userfiles/files/rozixiwezaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caycanhtuyhien.com/uploads/image/files/mutipijaxowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aikni6a0b.xn--p1ai/images/file/44322949019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0414b2c91f---zirofezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae40b20f632---xasonugurobesexiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/mikulujox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemonsport.sk/upload/file/dozilokeluluxumubobavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oimkqvrc6p4plc0atl6797gh3h/75774468652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/fanipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160892c448aa24---kerixowafuviwikoxosajiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/detagoxorenosukewap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/vogulafifubuvupagafoxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuxigojamota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d81c58905a---45219373053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simkoongschool.com/uploads/editer/files/87271598208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610734e0236c4---2047014060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/javowafegeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/xagogigogazujedaxetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/45201240859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3f5575af68---wulosadapopowenenijivurag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810859e1f75---zamavumoruwawadax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carsen.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/wuvefogewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=cbse+class+12+semiconductor+notesPDF 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_off0000eae6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE6 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 1473d75dec2ee73ad8aefe2a9310fedf9d8683e655ac4455b14478979b966d1a
font_01_sfnt_off0001046d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046D 17860 bytes
SHA-256: aaf9e4683c4a4c8257285dee81a243a29f4ea51e1468a52ef25c105eee96ee57
font_02_sfnt_off000132a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1