Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f46f6b9e62bd5f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:08:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bd3b3e26cb7913b4004c3d8c36893347 SHA-1: 754f9008ba88323e211f498ae3e88701f64a9370 SHA-256: 5f46f6b9e62bd5f97483a3deb3418a5550ff6285e666058bf27915b3b5722f79
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is part of a link farm designed to direct users to malicious sites. Specifically, it includes links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, with one URL pointing to a PDF hosted on 'lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/dumugodutagik.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pukol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5759aba0b6---91366194829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/9871369086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611478e5ae478---kubabodixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/331fa207ac002159c797f2933b425987/28740252118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8loifor9pvg6cc3niq3qfgoq9/sedogovukasul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fa9d2d407---berudaxidavijodozaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocommercialedelpiano.it/userfiles/files/folesabixuzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607242409c409---91378779947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5hu11ef5vkf867kf8cofvfb5s5/xabarokaxumufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aantfcaehjbxzf1m.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/70635026525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/86575933517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lingeriedediva.com/UploadFile/file/2021081121424573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/38846967767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/61909527225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/dexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/lenuvapovib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b080c72416b---zejetulefaroku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.com/userfiles/file/takopexulasotinumajemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/59200782582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c19b19838fb---83152093659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achilleferolla.it/userfiles/files/kejosexaxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=mrs+dalloway+by+virginia+woolf+pdfPDF 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_off0000f519.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF519 18864 bytes
SHA-256: 872e72a82f78603d69071ade18ee7e6ea4900b6ae17ad3e1b7f1e32880f2c99d
font_01_sfnt_off000125f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125F1 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 15953e291eed614ecbceab7ade838675a19378af533d702d88af595905efa9ca
font_02_sfnt_off00013eb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EB1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1