Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fef3fbc14d4f0b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:23:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ea5d8ee43604a96aa403c66baa2a7645 SHA-1: 844c8dcdb653da6c006a38ee8ae81a21ab809ed2 SHA-256: 5fef3fbc14d4f0b2c9b074a36827c1896b2052109a23547012f45b3bbe09425f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning attack. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=1997+mitsubishi+eclipse+gst+manual+transmission+for+sale PDF link annotation
    • http://caycanh.vn/images/fck/file/vorobopujaduwekisilulogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7e503f688---28684602521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/gowaxavinedisojurogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichgiahy.com/upload/file/milozalemujudemofib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a3533bb52f25ab9ee810ff8c319d92f/livabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5b24d382c5f8ffbd623b16855c37363/dubodomigemadomepenekix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6bfc43efd---rijefovoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf30809d4f32ee58981a3e410d693998/74251338365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/jenoxaretikofipupob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statenbracy.com/clients/d/d3/d362857cea7b6c304c7898dd6c6993b3/File/9449029921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebrandstudio.com/userfiles/file/28898324251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca6810ff63---26018204990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730af9982a1---sikisatukov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5bfa92e0b5850e9ccf575dda2659e53/rafakoroxovazejiwulugovep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b092c6935a---likosura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mihh6q89090g8l8p29nrlk056/9807787270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badrivishal.com/media/xitogevabujewejogugesede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pi503tc4l58rq6i9d0i42q9o15/ginaponatupewilome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdacable.com/d/files/34521291749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/musore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerrutistudio.eu/userfiles/files/71697697050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampsonancestry.com/clients/d/d9/d9bd9208c4e45de01aa31840e3a8c66b/File/301735589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/73161864984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95b7de2f3b---86940634583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencerenerji.com/resimler/files/27501017308.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_off0000cdf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDF9 11340 bytes
SHA-256: 9acd8b06519216a324c724bbf65b4dcbeb215cdc547a393bd7e56aab3b357d52
font_01_sfnt_off0000e85a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE85A 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 21615dabe907e1970280ec4a435a92d6fc02cdc48f5e70f1c40f32dd8ddd57bd
font_02_sfnt_off000115f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1