Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abd381ae5e00a57e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-27 05:36:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: e65ae1a62d791a86f08c981ab07cac9e SHA-1: 07083d95e21d6b806ba71b301a87fd9bd3ef1ceb SHA-256: abd381ae5e00a57ece8a89807e84cbc43c9ee29a1ef7d08395d2bb5715fab3b2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Notably, some links point to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting a tactic to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://fivetc.vn/uploads/files/fomuxezigadaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/86040331180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/51099090002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t84bifb2qgv05sbhikfau2utao/85886166743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6u3m1envv71miao343dt8mflh0/10250464979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f557edd918---nodemosakumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ninez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/lewupivuxajurazetojeguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b0b0c429f5c2c2da2e6b39150227127/77177756164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coatielectronica.com/files/68368216182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b906e05381f---21019209965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92v2qec3glnon2f18gvndmhh20/5381515719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e59fa20dfb---lunurefivebadabapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082713df32f6---lotijidakezufatakuwaruzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biurod9.pl/public/userfiles/file/89534786238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8f9054cb7---35773764206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c2958adcd---sefuwazukadudaribenivuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210623213824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8029d48745aac6481715ad3df10fb9b/dukobumiwipejadukuwozof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210618_F9AA0778BDB41D15.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/16956213333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f868e87dbcd5e54e4d3dc380a9d865c/93507477941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbjhockeytournament.com/clients/f/f9/f9ff496842c877cbb4522510b668f2a2/File/sekebixuliwotap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a457ef0d714---22777644509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-5/file/96021382088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae37a1c1d85---luvev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=mitochondrial+dysfunction+autismPDF 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_off0000ee45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE45 17376 bytes
SHA-256: 2326bd59a8e2ab61e63992f6acdaa5301a1b81d0dac37caf2880b48a7a7d3abf
font_01_sfnt_off00011b88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B88 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 75a33f6f5deb534b69f640e37311c6484e0d714b90ee535d5ad6b5330f4c121a
font_02_sfnt_off0001344d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1344D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1