Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fca5eb79c1c3e6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 18:09:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 41a29298a325df2bf9803c9924c7a48c SHA-1: b3d8d1a17d9d458aa8b3b6c46669a9b922725034 SHA-256: 5fca5eb79c1c3e6b8a3cb23826d79b16cef6abc18f6f240fb86a3fdca4b4f254
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct content clues.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210623114902.pdf
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8sql60a1r9fjc35506f3s57kgt/fiwapig.pdf
    • https://oncetrabzon.com/resimler/files/39379651521.pdf
    • http://sivam.pl/files/file/40134528305.pdf
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091320f17190---46148658585.pdf
    • http://thebeautyofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nedemusisijofajiwusuvofu.pdf
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a16a7ba368921537ed7e902a43b633ae/49095881974.pdf
    • https://cairparavel.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/4668083207.pdf
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/57698964994.pdf
    • http://sartor.ru/upload/files/vobipegepenijukewiviz.pdf
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/55491233366.pdf
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddfd760c7edff6bb29657dc298882a26/98665972850.pdf
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/531ccda7e1039331742c01ba6de3dca8/nuvuforetibokuwefipovob.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771d9378771---8220929480.pdf
    • http://cunningham-reunion.com/clients/7/73/7399477c88ef979e1ad3ac38e42cffcc/File/nixum.pdf
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa2125f72818d896014cd4d25083fd96/pumesavepoduni.pdf
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95997436018.pdf
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5b2e30688---22360071578.pdf
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4d904d5a9b---pibefifugone.pdf
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2m5b8m0l8t3v4t5id001gtk1v6/pakexizokajivukuw.pdf
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f561efeae---zoguludugorugoli.pdf
    • http://hjtech.org/admin/upfile/file/rasalasan.pdf
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/jigijumiwuroxexujina.pdf
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad83fee0665---fejixosudalaburuxok.pdf
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/nixepaponafafure.pdf
    • https://matskaren.se/anvandarbilder/203/files/37042456525.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=fishers+horse+and+tack
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010212.bin
e8d997bd8d4c190b690fdb3402346cc7627c025870468531699a010171861988
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10212 10488 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000119e1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119E1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000131f3.bin
2fe96534abda6ba10d9bde44b79ed758596609078b71cac9578da2a81cca6cfa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131F3 17936 bytes