Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fbdfeb70857e83b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-08-09 01:31:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 4d9cf85ac63b1385212492257dfdac92 SHA-1: a90a9ad4c141208c92010887108b69cbf259ed83 SHA-256: 5fbdfeb70857e83bfd9a1ac7d5bab1bc6c43749d38f3a9bc1b205c0057b88779
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to distribute further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zisal.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a797913a60b17ad61997b88e356e86cc/fexobomilopinemaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/tabumusug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportcity.bg/webroot/img/content/files/nukavapuzal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0727b7b61b---83504639921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rallyteamwalraven.nl/file/bujizob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609700d6cb53f---54476045308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd32e8919da---25596672297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dizifokuzodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59b9c67358---72683331526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/438529685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/xuraparakojumegebidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ebbfdc1599---9681391360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dogandemir.av.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/mikuzugajidudezutivotivot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/33452169625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l38hm0gmq7d2o3u5vap1if5osm/dopagulefexivajola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b52153e47---96020589115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65246c2a1c4113bd4aee946f2fb5ee7d/situj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13nrhf03q2amv9rmhka868k1ne/duxujufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/8890951690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a29c5b47af54b85a778144ab28ee7541/bafawago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kn8fn0g3arli9mhmqb1f863l0/xenetud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=nagarahavu+vishnuvardhan+mp3+songs+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000f843.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF843 17096 bytes
SHA-256: b5d6cb0667f42384e5bdd2dcbce0cab395ab235dbc7f06f6a2a93e960a0104dc
font_01_sfnt_off00012526.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12526 11248 bytes
SHA-256: c221ac7006d0daee7f4ddbb3bf4e216a5c00a5bdfb585e7b3a562bc8ba0e9d30
font_02_sfnt_off00013f2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1