Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f1fccbcf52c3f6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

59.6 KB Created: 2021-06-18 22:56:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6d6f31a0878241dba35645ea4f2b6faa SHA-1: 3a8de7d41770d0ed03f0184af65372919425719a SHA-256: 5f1fccbcf52c3f6b1399bd43a597c1894e309c8ff89a0044a8e5589852983722
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous links to compromised websites, identified as a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically a phishing or trojan distribution campaign. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9751

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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
  • 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://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0np6afkol9fca2793r364fchms/loxudakusovewik.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1bohn4qion18kl2ro2udov53a/fujowakuzegorovipofoledip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hissekurban.com/resimler/files/jidirimimomif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084cd880bc2b---japedexeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a834f99b98a---61257910996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioprogettoarchitettura.eu/userfiles/files/goseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u2d06e3tsp6jhnphbi1c2ka4c1/tixizirujaleganenalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0abbf9f246---pirokilosivuxufubijilolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a87794a26107293dbe4c6e2cb29b2ad8/53828804487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/11075372360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b50a82a735---83547038571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3e1c74939---50617797338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c8f318621---setigemelubavumake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb6610780c---nomutelomawaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f694b8970---dezasobapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9n96892k2uehhvbo6ggdij5f51/bafozosogube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=jo+chale+to+jaan+se+guzar+gaye+novel+pdf+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c8f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8F9 5784 bytes
SHA-256: 490b6dcc958231da0ab406a841d6bfdf48c932122fd8a583fe4252caf269af49