Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fd6da4ef0871b19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.5 KB Created: 2021-07-07 12:00:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: cfaa6403177b8d9c689194f634b47d69 SHA-1: 25b093cd89a9baa37bbdeb05f18373cb74b5b9bc SHA-256: 5fd6da4ef0871b198b8f3cce216cc038f4d10bf689a325e03fd13f467bbb2b90
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or scam campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further malware. The file's structure as a link farm is a common tactic for distributing phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=java+tutorials+pdf+free+downloads+for+beginners PDF link annotation
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dqc0qn3j83m3obbn6emndgou72/70510506085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2v840ndheklb3d8ppmf9brds3/3250659760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mizepolesudalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sbfpf6u2pa7fh82536n5dih950/68913327416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa67caf0d9ffff5674d852c188824768/39337502112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/14925832410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94d49863d44fc731a6be99af0b7ced0c/tefikijigerewawarutivasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/73716804882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757ef28c404---jatawelenudujoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68818e5c4436ee45382b8ef8aef3d5ed/2978449549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/gosiwotifutopasibulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/gasijegepikujukaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/nuvijadotedisomirix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608586b1f0c5a---26792719428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba7630fddeabc53d1c1d760475566044/50962102136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607447267a264---zabegedelibawusuzizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s4r243i9j7hqptq4eog8mlqngu/nenuxapibipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/56698573285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-15/20210615164401674653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9021368c89336c0acac32c4eccb187d4/3791040424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dncgq38amiirg26dq4huj36o4/26964349337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607798656a82b---4752181878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a42jkghlm2gaeblpl99bqlr4n2/60581630708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf3e0c01cf3---79143575066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000118a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000130b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B7 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 7fb3dce221c69f8bbe50bc8d3c17e9d3d3ae2421898e40c238827ef5302ec326
font_02_sfnt_off00014a36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A36 21084 bytes
SHA-256: 067f8d3d95303d100a4e7746319cfaabcf5ac46f882a5e1abc065be6f68b2410