Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ea261a48ffcc48a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-16 00:08:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 2850710756421c592b957c59ea6c96c0 SHA-1: 35190dbd700aa94ba52b9dfb268d0f7a5afe742d SHA-256: 5ea261a48ffcc48a761a0f05ffb49b449f0df40c61d101f0e4a3e30e62a22938
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous links and the overall structure suggest the document is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.victoriousintl.com/new/resource/files/46578630901.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47078994e290dde05c52a5cca5b0facc/nozabotoresuzadenawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/dafefidozakomol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a060c186b2f---25118664717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/nidejawesuwovirafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugsinc.in/UserFiles/files/5197781571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/59241683178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/21026319877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609c77c049811---kanavidaxobotovomapizegat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/zilixovorokimosibola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/67361355166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmwarts.com/ecovic/file/samarawavavunesamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/roverabuvavojowezividata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuongdonggolf.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/gosowuwifasosewobugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac41399b2ac---46880089170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e4ce5e85b8f3011b2bcf8e85082de5f/97151142994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf827b2946---bazidavagupiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/64584919893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwtcs.org/Content/uploads/files/90376191569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b57b5f0bd9aa6dfb81d0ff477f7ac28/tulasizenuradin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/erfaop9ni1edc6b1vkvsj55p06/bunebusavon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf71915316---kuxivigolanujabafifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propactionvehiclesuk.tv/userfiles/files/dekik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a06805b8ab252bc29ba63915b1a89374/zadekek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/vejojirebegesada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8iup287vthd7o89nlj4hpobtd4/83713255438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=300mb+worldfree4u+hollywood+dubbed+moviesPDF 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_off0000eead.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106BF 16768 bytes
SHA-256: 269aeae5cd81ce9479635167bc46fec388e2ac751a0eeb74d7c5b70c39615758
font_02_sfnt_off0001322f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1322F 11036 bytes
SHA-256: e6b6524ec531e65bb58c4b50696502b353b773b3d24d114f412a5e8afc606bc3