Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5eb979c79d4af3f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-06-23 08:30:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 5769bded08fe2648c31a1e788e2283d4 SHA-1: f5fa21a720f688155e07b068eeae3e7676a06632 SHA-256: 5eb979c79d4af3f880ff2edfe31c9d6cfb1af24d83b03640b75616d398606b6e
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 CMS upload directories 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 delivery. The presence of multiple external URIs and the link farm structure are key indicators of this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9075

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee9a3f392f---jodakevozaxesuxeniropar.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://salt17.com/userfiles/files/rukebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/jepafozikojimizosazime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f84c492b4---71235336921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839d3f208b3---tarubukosigobuxagorome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/202161117073192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/fuzinikejarej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2957605511---rakimujusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a41e35e3068ff61260cc7dc081316263/61054530371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsusushionline.com/uploads/files/48118540398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ed3eec11291d46ddf7898fbd7bb9933/13407554078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gcj2p1gnkjudv61cm4261c20p6/fotisixazedokofuwowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d62b49e41---fusebixomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/17720380894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098869dae153---gimewutejubifigatunuvojof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c78a05a78e2---duwexazurumokedinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c63da4d9ae8---91295665600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=free+bangla+bookPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e232.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE232 4496 bytes
SHA-256: 56bdc61b990a6c7ed85f06f6ed798a6167f33e35184a90ac97448926250b82b5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f174.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF174 18488 bytes
SHA-256: 5bb76861c250f1e082c656217454c163316afdf8d13a073149ea25451e8a7f84
font_02_sfnt_off000127ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127BA 10728 bytes
SHA-256: e477c88ddba9d536152a330c75e0949cbd671c33807e49bf393d11434f8b173e
font_03_sfnt_off00014c47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C47 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 05d2457133b820fa77aa358e30e9acfbad3f04c46ced9a37296d9311117db176