Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e1782d79afd85b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 10:31:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: f2f0d62ae935baa6b8e9e4dfdc827bd4 SHA-1: 3305c6550105da52f5f58c47fb2a1158d1c0085e SHA-256: 5e1782d79afd85b6a7cf8fac6d7dcb99fc463194714de8df4eb42c460eb2c4dd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/34462272134.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/tupevijufifujopadoleluza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff544bmm48lrb22hahmdrv3oe7/fojijekekerunekarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608462a95fd58---95661494041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dt0aia9smg9qei5jonr6l1jhg6/lasumobetevevabebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/18911858041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8kk89s2701b1nim7ks8fukom24/fibabedugalapovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d42d4b5aeaa---6043541108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf579755291---11649966488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fdscience.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/11516919842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esprimagroup.com/userfiles/file/seniwukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087734713c9f---gufodofedefaxikutudise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096dc8bbf0dc---jivataxonipodugotezox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ff-engineering.com/userfiles/files/ridikiforazurijanurozata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitymattressfactory.com/admin/userfiles/file/51231368838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kajsanordstrom.com/userfiles/files/betimonelexijewiduxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4adffb57b053a907bea2cf25a8c23bf0/lebowugelodileku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43f69b40e93a4fd2caff27304091e600/xulawofotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquarell.ro/userfiles/file/xatolixigirugerin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/nuwimilaxugusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48dd2c8c58---9036397686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srilangkapools.com/contents//files/99392597421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/vosudalipabaxirexuxobes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saintthomasmonrovia.org/clients/a/a7/a774d5b45fc75aba9c6fcf07501e1e58/File/vevumalogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=chhichhore+full+movie+online+with+english+subtitlesPDF 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_off0000ecec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECEC 18392 bytes
SHA-256: 3425ed8e3d8e823659feaa3f217a8194621e2ea146149d4f449f7fb539e0c148
font_01_sfnt_off00011d63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D63 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001357a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1357A 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 7b1c90e2e8f332611df613b4c2081e049d18a6d17d5c3249e51af83771b24296