Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f7422d5368b3d03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:19:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ab55a5ae05741373ecf2537b17acc23a SHA-1: b3c7872774f30b8350cf3d1988f779fcf73b8337 SHA-256: 5f7422d5368b3d0321f22e198a8ed8c202987ff45b77977a53fa98fb0fd6784c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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, distributing links across numerous domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or appear to be disposable. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to external, potentially malicious, content through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7972

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/zifawesiwejigerarubotalol.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://architettoangeli.it/userfiles/files/binurusitojenafiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creaorganization.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/63913860340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuanfuconstruction.com/ckfinder/upload/files/porufalenofutelefopele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edanieltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210605_B8AE9E9E885C3F9D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/zivog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/17057459954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hairtransplantmangalore.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/31314928318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc30e478c2---62624770612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/35292041745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents//files/tewilugusepibapiriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca8663407f5f76de765d207185581c82/xewavex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sowitech.vn/upload/files/teviwowofaxujukezixomuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kq0mgpflouglrr0eau66aum6m1/49722719491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/67217108749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nezesugetupasazuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/br32s9s7lajt3jvce08hhfclri/geligexilufezufujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crm333.com/documentos/file/moletixekawelukexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-machine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/pepudibugulopaxitimuwoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cde64c5888282e31454e53ff10ca562b/51170342773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac14b03f84a8c36ba58b0ca944c4c143/togesebulog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021051723221956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=normal+pulse+voltammetry+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e00d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE00D 18264 bytes
SHA-256: f787eed8dab996154804acbf4c9f2b147b6e7ae7c1d66a1eeb475e888bbe5375
font_01_sfnt_off00010fa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FA5 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 5fb7df74acac97561dcb0a647fe35395f2ffe2a571a82c88093154e4e530c1ae
font_02_sfnt_off00012865.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12865 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1