Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fd1016b8b5ab433…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-10 07:15:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 96c98f27b745ef51dc524fc24af99922 SHA-1: cc68e48e2310e1f025874bc448ec748a07ba3f96 SHA-256: 5fd1016b8b5ab433a0db92f82e23733a2845ed7f87a4f31d989e17f8e9cd9060
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, directing users to multiple external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to potentially malicious or phishing content, rather than delivering a direct payload within the PDF itself.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef3b4ed3a8---40878626995.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/341816b9ac53f089ccf64c039ad36e73/10204826116.pdf
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sesadobapuwopuwisofawozum.pdf
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/418980f4be8fe356c43767148edc5dc5/12588959703.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/611591de7be34f185db084e0e6682ffe/27131652303.pdf
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4255363825e167a6ce251a6e5daa7b60/juwizijakate.pdf
    • http://feuerwehrobrigheim.de/upload/files/3055384670.pdf
    • http://hotelstrack.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/worobonotovoza.pdf
    • http://springbook.no/files/27391964630.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e80c04b2cb352db15ee866ae4498a1b0/kamiker.pdf
    • https://southafricapools.com/contents//files/17682221394.pdf
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54ec95bb411ba03c7b918e7b5a673ce2/75500691629.pdf
    • http://rund.cz/UserFiles/File/pisadabujuruzezituwukuvum.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a251de6ba2afd945707d8b28a6544388/96467875061.pdf
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa2a6581b534f98cc2b72683dcc6cc71/79271298912.pdf
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50cdd3390ef565f2c8e136aec8dd4fb0/soxogidasafuwim.pdf
    • http://au-coeur-du-temps.com/userfiles/file/zinarewefazuwixixukis.pdf
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/zuvipuxaf.pdf
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4e3f298811---bojakojonujejalozifabideg.pdf
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-5-18/20210518204236754564.pdf
    • http://norview63.com/clients/5/59/59ba6e1aa7224642a1eeb14435756cbf/File/91035848335.pdf
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d67594d05---10632522981.pdf
    • http://espressobuilders.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/lidudoboz.pdf
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ced747cd58---ganibaxapugotarome.pdf
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/vonupomuwotovegeziguseme.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=guided+meditation+sleep+hypnosis+jason+stephenson
    • 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_off0000f21c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF21C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a2e.bin
4b9251732bdd783bc6abfc89dbc3b037dd96930c755d8a03d2ac0b520991b26b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A2E 16732 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013531.bin
6c6a5080e63f76ece7f48d5137588e4ef566613cbb0ef36b5649b5a02e3a4144
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13531 10940 bytes