Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5dce7f9c59eb0cb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 23:44:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4e7d06c8a889f25673b4b829e3b819a4 SHA-1: ee0fda57ba21e0ec3b12050cea91fb557a02c101 SHA-256: 5dce7f9c59eb0cb1f0aff253efdfcb540dbf1d84ee6b0df7c04bee09ceddcc55
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. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a large number of links on potentially untrusted domains. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the overall structure and URL distribution strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+kindle+view+pdf
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb970323d591c3c670c515bbf6b72ed1/69966960380.pdf
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35tci23m1lk5f1q111gemdjfu2/tudowedubik.pdf
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc35af018b---51206765373.pdf
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d681f21e7ae7d2a64d861db33142718/3068405358.pdf
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0099b76e2a---85786106614.pdf
    • http://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/76800582053.pdf
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/mudixija.pdf
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a672d1bbf10---53727923339.pdf
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b222a9f27641dd4d002b96e1191868cb/13121682375.pdf
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/17305405304.pdf
    • http://brightwayconsultancyservices.com/userfiles/file/xatujupovelijuw.pdf
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/67590047672.pdf
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2dc40d5bbe---32157573798.pdf
    • http://paradisoseminatrici.it/userfiles/files/vemesorulalaf.pdf
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b6f1cff1ffae2333cc25a6b395e3308/90325869729.pdf
    • http://sushinamu.com/uploads/files/59088591926.pdf
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160999d74eeb3f---rerixipofojejep.pdf
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d883b5865---54573267864.pdf
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f65bea5e64---90608967275.pdf
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/vimorelenadidonir.pdf
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/zejamete.pdf
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ke9nj6kcogv3u1ln57cmnhdo56/linukumapevoludojen.pdf
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10e1b8c5fe185c26ac7c859ed8a33e8e/jiremusezezimafilakipigad.pdf
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/7943409750.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000efa9.bin
df11676e1968a51f78da5f4c0cb15403dd3b4fac4ab3d93957070a9afd9e650e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFA9 16612 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001061e.bin
d8ba3729ea1725dec7795b459bc9fee89658a7cf17e98eb2463a3526d836bea1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1061E 17968 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000134e5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134E5 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00014cfc.bin
b624db72ae0b84e50f0ea40bad27c41bc178439b6211fea89653833dcd0179ef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CFC 10280 bytes