Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f4d6422757a09f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-08-02 11:26:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: bc54b5bda5c79da9f958f958e19836bf SHA-1: 1896824d322ad82f0131d909c161b7aa63329ac2 SHA-256: 5f4d6422757a09f685c2066bf0b8406abb5518a6106eaf1b595ca5fed6287a3a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to trick users into downloading files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://narimasu-chintai.net/jcfiles/file/49138096387.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/89193822201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b96fa57282---15306487579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c430878a858---81085964058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67218441361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfb56deeb7bb2771e64a1f2c2e153a6b/wefisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/lesirewopudotifozenubuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/46989188899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aav057194sghk21g2c4arm9mn/43893176094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dade666.com/userfiles/202106file/2021062716512370554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773cf0ec59d---lurilanafavipaxozewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valleyrestoration.net/home/apf/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vurilazusebevexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/rojuranugenojimofonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ina7d7lspecbpodpe9lk4ko3t1/27457653530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/881ab94daade799b80abba24ff87a1b6/datawojadigalosakixatole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spoanalyze.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d8114fbaf3f6fb8ad28242694ec16e9/lipuzotokufot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863ae77f959---87887388386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongkoo.com/uploads/editor/files/28487949445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davisnewfoundlandfamilyreunion.com/clients/60627/File/85125448068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/zejamiraxitifetanabaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/30817367214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba68e8412bc---sazirinukem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bainihu.com/upfiles/editor/files/gufokujopakured.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095f29c82c6c---67074919940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=maze+runner+the+death+cure+full+movie+in+hindi+download+300mbPDF 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_off0000f452.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF452 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C69 11312 bytes
SHA-256: 25f5b53199a0d0a4e7697ac98becb0adf9d9477032044886bd4bdfcf1d00934b
font_02_sfnt_off000126dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126DD 19028 bytes
SHA-256: e18e988601784c5e5bb04242df571bfdf1a602cd4121016fd11275468cb00ff3