Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ef186cdaa955c9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-08-10 18:09:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: b85bf3290d3970bd19a8af1eb0ca8c87 SHA-1: 48cea776d94624f269d5cde7b8dad2b246ead2c8 SHA-256: 5ef186cdaa955c9c706f86eae4cc1e31423dadc79cf2250474ca56087e3907df
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9895

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 http://wernitznigg.at/files/jobinigodinetukizabiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://annandale1963.com/clients/69704/File/pesidanamafizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb0fee9c25f9a5cc39cc61971ae9f906/wivipatas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mav-auto.ru/images/file/vibevusetusepiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c07e11966---36291029021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propiedades.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nokoguwibuwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c8cec9bef7357ba07bbd4cf6709f25a/28209618768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhelps.org/clients/6/61/61afa7a028a8e04f14432b0fece6f2b0/File/ravugaderapetuwawegifur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/71265543051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mf11csc6vl1b043ts4bjpeutck/65195421070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lucaslobker.com/minor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43447389246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d7be910bafd6463c4526ab787d10ca1/98970016365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://berbagiangka.com/contents//files/52864570732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48ff2279a297fbc10d443294e1a062d1/26608410215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beepost.vn/upload/userfiles/files/49325105518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/sutewidinedixutemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/bitafisarazebap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/72084851209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsonplastic.com/uploads/userfiles/file/dujivevupulinevise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6a1f53fc9c---8546571200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydtmuhendislik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kazodufuxabomox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/zejabogota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/99305150389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/zelogafajuxora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2c44ea7be---19909402538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/75615668577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=bicol+university+entrance+exam+reviewer+pdf+2018PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f802.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF802 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 00b1f632e8afe72716c8bcdb76b7901b56c060d1dc0f96f3f5c1b8373b85735b
font_01_sfnt_off00010d7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012595.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12595 11804 bytes
SHA-256: eb1933f71dfb31115bad1f67a5cc1aeadab4efb331231aef368a1aa41442434a
font_03_sfnt_off00014206.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14206 21040 bytes
SHA-256: 55adcd4b37c1ef9f530c04547b0e4d1f9134195b17eec10e8db3cf3dd098a798