Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f131cfb279ec110…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 05:21:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c1f4a7c08ca936fa3391e05446b8418d SHA-1: defdad59eb9005ce429ab8d9853d36bfa3c3e589 SHA-256: 5f131cfb279ec1103702246d3a814391104728dd45e712fb0fe1c7960f7819f3
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 WordPress sites or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests it's designed to lure users to external, potentially malicious, sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://navigator-nsk.ru/userfiles/file/jeruvusigele.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cobrawire.com/userfiles/files/rekanoset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161465f61222e7---kajefipesenusedaxixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasnowosielski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/movujixanafurekamivuwipil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614353d5b5074---judupigurozafuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkpneu.cz/userfiles/file/57678260451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/sejumujatubebokatizoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141639e2216f---47553442986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signos.larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/81623481245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/99993230170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dosogopajes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/90753333595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krantiservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gulasepugoxewifofejobubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speeddating.lt/speeddating/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8857380590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcc6189618f7971625fd5fcc25a43b19/76896393100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sopkambing.com/contents/files/xufawovovorevifazop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.org/ressource/site-image/files/nemazitowopasepivavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/madoropiguwodafuviwele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moiatakashta.com/userfiles/file/wezeximipuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogomanhnghia.com/uploads/files/lezomepekuwogurekub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/galovibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=benefits+of+face+recognitionPDF 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_off0000c22e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC22E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA45 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 1adff8a759f4b60a3b6c70758031b866926585cea72f019fc5fca2911b4d05ad
font_02_sfnt_off0000f265.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF265 15816 bytes
SHA-256: 16b1e8f071638e1a692189477d173338d6e4b89772c71eabaf78233fb5e51bf8