Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f614b8533ff91f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:19:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 65d6cf7a6a0801961c981d66bb39cecf SHA-1: 4bb220fee9ae6b1518b685dccb32c76476568b64 SHA-256: 5f614b8533ff91f1406a502bff3e2685cc99bde8f47ee63119aa8c6907e51f0a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1055.012 Process Injection T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for phishing or malware. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM firings supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67d9ea7fddeeff66728eb78404ba2ffd/31135258249.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zae.me/datafiles/file/97753074305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99faf5f79627ed4be3f2ddda58cdc432/26927819777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/febuvujajidapezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioghittigargnano.com/userfiles/files/figowomarafofuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohana1bbq.com/uploads/files/16230919665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.macrolepidoptera.hu/userfiles/files/laberuvamigenubuwodopasaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8ffc83511f---3516594007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/238f98a133eede9e2ae14f77c32b1eac/niwowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leanuslab.com/UserFiles/file/zaferilimiletuwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/tigidunas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f4d519401---vosenedexekonuzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5udua.com/contents//files/xebafososevoteko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiruwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f30ec33fd9---92314489459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pro-biomed.com/admin/userfiles/file/gitimepozameripazunudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bhtjv48opdmktif05hopcrl960/munuwozijonomokeromutelaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serpavenger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fowosekemosefisutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210622175054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldplastsolution.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29520732623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayzerfamilyreunion.com/clients/0/08/08e2d5bcffca37c2e1a82d364f4296c6/File/jubowowebuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avayemehr-carpet.ir/data/file/81871445196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zikebatorozotetuwumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34873933731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=livre+opencv+python+en+fran%C3%A7ais+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/907b292567b21e2a7b7b3ad337653b4f/67801757165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ec87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC87 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001049e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1049E 11004 bytes
SHA-256: a8b5039278b1dd5658a27933b94ed1c1afcc50fca782030ac59df0cd9955e48b
font_02_sfnt_off00011dda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DDA 21224 bytes
SHA-256: 38a17bc857aeae6ad7f49f7fde3c94f2959d9cdc3920fa1bed3cbe1a77551150