Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e338e9bc330e809…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:35:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2ac0205a344bb97c7a663732db468e76 SHA-1: 07b3d1dc742c1b211c658c6463bed336a8b930e3 SHA-256: 5e338e9bc330e809f1e8690845d49c3f018599c07ba90006cd749a4025f5db1f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites and link farms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating the document is designed to host and distribute links to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=suffixes+grade+3+worksheets PDF link annotation
    • http://izeninfo.net/admin/upload/files/nidid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fwullong.com/upfiles/editor/files/wirofusepufuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea48137875c746475909ca3a8373a3ff/47868417436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabanagarden.hu/editor_up/98653267339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://denimder.org/resimler/files/sedabujolita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a859dabaa41---17114841834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/waxebodulabugopibefidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malabarmail.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gigoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada92e825bc---90403906148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b1d2ad7897---34194644355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcdanielz.eu/files/file/54763341158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilniausgreziniai.lt/userfiles/file/5919082345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821a85a2f00---doxapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757e9f5f66d---39576960582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76078665340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e63064e96da---9263055525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/bavemujajuminukixixetime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goforthegreengolfpools.com/userfiles/file/sibevebalatisotowarese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rd0q7a51m9fqfsmcg3bhh2207/72097421103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9f3c584f89---65216145452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pqrkaoqcm9dnib14cmrstab4rs/20943664811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/37133960872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faca26a5e511dec6e880024bd7ef0f4c/talavurelewudod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b57cde7d6a3---xuxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiaranannini.com/userfiles/files/jujid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodsafebox.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65863048794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce5fdba1684---86442485883.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_off0000cc3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC3A 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 0af6d376d86c2ca400d207c10c2291408aca1806655c0f36771c3f01e1f5d0ba
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011211.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11211 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 2d62832641fdfa72b1c83ba31869056f050f993144f651a61ce27caaeea5ac45