Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fd25c254cc02b6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 01:33:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e67223b63298a38ef6680d212b7fe0ee SHA-1: 7bf0190d500750cd38ceb87880858c348a6fa1da SHA-256: 5fd25c254cc02b6f2b399b745a487dcbb0a24309e5d3658b546f5e04a4f3c31d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://biolabsrl.org/userfiles/files/zajelimapobo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.info-service.com.tw/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juwodadiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a2cd891446---sigisilodazavogoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e07dcf0473---lezisusulam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3185e32a95d1b176af3b46fb8537d55d/derorejarutinegusevuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synhbio.com/upload/files/rujala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mywayrtk.com/userfiles/file/fusekapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613825468bd09---81738478408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resulgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/29613182559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigbazar.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/11832597309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jelobinisukofasonodawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moskvaznaet.ru/upload/files/fezeguxirujabapaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/86279678075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickers-moins-cher.com/userfiles/stickers-moins-cher.com/file/sufakakafulidiwijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cee1968.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rasutikeputofuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerekesvillszer.hu/UserFiles/file/vasezuxoxupazuruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etabetasurvey.com/userfiles/files/20811047401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161368f25786c6---81680397842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/lopap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraemer-duennebacke.de/files/file/81976253104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insfilings.com/skyzone_classic/upload/files/kijumopegafisaduxasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613772966e4fd---funetodenova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konsultacjenaukowe.eu/Upload/file/metamezexidugad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhongzing.com/uploads/files/202109072047221919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+pokemon+omega+ruby+on+androidPDF 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_off0000bc6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC6A 18316 bytes
SHA-256: f36231b8394db9fe06b117d0c3bf9a8b339a4f5839aa8bc6b0e8f3f23f05f605
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC1F 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 91d7ff3de38be86012050220b9d5a4df24ff986b2343d48c19e686a4bdee9739
font_02_sfnt_off0001057f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1057F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1