Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f3a05acaf915840…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.8 KB Created: 2021-06-30 07:52:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 746cde036ec1db41ecfde790db6facb8 SHA-1: 82811f11b4b72c36197eafc429e82955e86df03a SHA-256: 5f3a05acaf91584008dc239a4bb1ddb1d962e214cef60e614ecb055c5d23648d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to phishing or malicious content. The file's structure and the nature of the URLs suggest an attempt to exploit users through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=getting+a+broken+tooth+pulled
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/zewenojamorobuxisub.pdf
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o501ihvtmd3okktm5998hts3a8/97198829538.pdf
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/89150785115.pdf
    • http://theclubburger.com/uploads/files/9327597212.pdf
    • http://jinistudy.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/bapivija.pdf
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8i0bidlb5ifr5ljncg5q8uea2h/87496827422.pdf
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad68bea17c4---59393537426.pdf
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7c9ao0ro25d5fuptabqc3hos7/48888491810.pdf
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/80696162716.pdf
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jomomo.pdf
    • http://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbrb8k648ikkvfu548n5vc6qpu/57949836377.pdf
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9344ec54dda55d8b60a30aadc5c99ee8/bemerejareb.pdf
    • http://stlukesmn.org/clients/17773/File/ralutovifopawimep.pdf
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c813cbfbe---52197335845.pdf
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94529441409e39dcbc13ac17c9f5a67f/82089111351.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b51f7f0db6d201cb5a6a1f3070b624a/87259661284.pdf
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/josakivogetopabowezob.pdf
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/rumoro.pdf
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf45e76b337---suzixivipalegavuv.pdf
    • http://mbcasc.net/imgs/file/44891045788.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014b5f.bin
1ab22f89c51329882bc3d942fae83c68d0f295a8eb8d21f787e71702a292e188
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B5F 10876 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000163f9.bin
c9974a3cae8d94260cb49b9c455efd1e0b0243fce2ac76076a1948b380b03318
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163F9 17652 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001925c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1925C 16792 bytes