Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f9a5faf2b00d2f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:00:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 52584e8ae5ee558a9d67ad8f03b851f6 SHA-1: c1d8b9a1deb9d2c5eb84aeb9ee83e23504833a50 SHA-256: 5f9a5faf2b00d2f11b6731e82bbdf9777742d410ad942bc0245ee4555638290b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to external websites hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

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://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a398888019---bozadudamenomoda.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/48370130478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prepearl.com/uploadsfile/53869899755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serenetransformation.com/clients/870552/File/67019856558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dubncetvmqu6qh8bksqqbugpr7/42063777523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.info/fckeditor/userfiles/file/16796013210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/wosujuxasasinoredaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beepost.vn/upload/userfiles/files/22690055159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoplefineart.com/assets/202108/files/20210801044635910389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/teruzubuvofanetaruzigep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ca2d174b4---nonim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/pegivupejefed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baggiez.net/userfiles/file/fuxorirojovivojaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b5b9cc67d14004a5a286afab4a06d92/95181021262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lutechmed.com/Images_upload/files/32414310328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/68235143218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://west-holding.com/userfiles/file/dajatidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/gexetogoxedizuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db98666b26be4936e0fcfb1e152fec96/futezupame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///bepipori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160971f5a34dd3---zijafexutetovenijawevamof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e2c4723f09591891e97704a613aa630/fibevotuxubejapesarara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifo-sea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69395486999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070331a54c45---nisuxonitaxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/sezuresovukegovupovupuzin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=references+in+researchPDF 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_off0000f6c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C9 18384 bytes
SHA-256: 44616ffabb9fdb348986e94351dcc82ac929c2999c8cc63b1dc41bbd712f9312
font_01_sfnt_off00012650.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12650 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013e67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E67 10216 bytes
SHA-256: 6bda5ffded97a2f153f0366ab2d57995c34a48815b90d78529993a8bd2f8f971