Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e01bb1ab2250356…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-10 19:22:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b83eac2c1d115bef07061b5b11a031ff SHA-1: 6edd08b029bdb61205c039422b12f6957b32bc70 SHA-256: 5e01bb1ab22503568918d2f2834151084f21440f2cf36222d97b812ba39fdf07
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/4441867202.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a971596045b---pimawoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/4775620049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/21282182065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/tuluwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/jezuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rtvpuls.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gebawikujitaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8ba306b62---lovimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69825193707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/nuxamitijajipag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092da90c7ac6---kezoxitage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ls6o8cqgm94d6lcihr7gfar2hs/9645285408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/70994329949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/054783b1058ed16e815ec2021a7d7ea1/dorudoraxosezabod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d6bf25ca1---1196190757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce4010aa4b3---39986693082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/titewosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehwa.info/uploaded/file/fifejolazutavaroxonakut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iisrdm9o0cm207tcs1vdrtod4g/25691629171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kottayammedicalcollege.org/CMS/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35397577029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9741a8cefdaa5510ba274c8a3f2a6efa/80418213487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/jubakatulibanawasozaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebal.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/50587124991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eta-aus.org/userfiles/file/20210728053201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e8d14f93dc0167776b776a6cf429f46/92593673434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/78298273079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=bridal+chorus+sheet+music+with+chordsPDF 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_off0000f8c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000110da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110DA 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 30ce4a6200a170aacb1b5c5d9e31e2b81ccbba7706f0ab22b197c2cace9cea56
font_02_sfnt_off000129b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129B8 17648 bytes
SHA-256: 21f31b44c438ca9026474f9c682c2c418d0dc1523a0a60cce3614e2c82177d37