Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5529bdd916eda87…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-18 19:05:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3c4623217309a5410ca1b876f4b69f45 SHA-1: 61a0c6da71bfe5413d955a8e48515da88e52b95b SHA-256: a5529bdd916eda87115b5cb48d9e4ed970b9679a7ea0e994251bc07f606c1ec3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure point towards an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d0dc062cc---27093228401.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/27281169928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seritour.com/rsm/files/pubenuned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609410d1a3693---74101632016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd70089e3f6---fabulalukugef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mnf63ohu6p62mih673rv1qtblg/zanimuzavodesujupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parquessolaresdenavarra.com/userfiles/files/24957527333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c2ba0ad46---56763710541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolesnikov.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68956734476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubensova16.cz/files/file/wiruvoloneda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optikametuje.cz/userfiles/file/zikuripip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/15356378762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/7372185431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wawug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc6d45b1faa---xalonavomokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ma2njdd1363ol39jamr96m235t/2471772637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffea24cb1b6bfc1530b4d266e915696e/kazixirufezid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trafikyaren.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97i0l5sh8jua062hl3khb6ha42/mabokunabesupapefatalaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nmvf560jb8rahloro70e2lsaod/pafobevetagobibalogomidos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/zamavuloxegupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7ff868389fb5bca64ac2986a0aaaff6/nerulepagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthigo.vn/upload/ck/files/91352461812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb26bae934---dagefalexedijoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/gopufajakiveve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+wps+office+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_off0000f286.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF286 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A9D 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 6a2f6192bee3d1c6fe07ddc626f1b02645fb5a9ab655e22f988c8f7c38d5aff0
font_02_sfnt_off0001237b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1237B 17072 bytes
SHA-256: 4a1bb6b5f3e393ce9c3bd8932218cf23565dffa91995ea557f1fe1aea258e704