Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5893cdcbe2340ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:16:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5605c6119f987ec44cf9e6b6757cd002 SHA-1: 47156f35752c4558ea8fe0d9a0c0b15bfd75b557 SHA-256: b5893cdcbe2340ef8574c4ef8dba86d505ff991236265b35440e200293382d37
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Multiple URLs point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The PDF structure and embedded URLs are consistent with phishing or malware distribution tactics, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f787385aa677e2e882d3f779a005dbff/15574917113.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jfk1969nola.com/clients/873000/File/koxefevixuvilajane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepaper.tw/archive/upload/files/tanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/rugikukezozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812b3a1f165---wewekififapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/49050735655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://williamshudson.org/clients/3/35/35bf74ce48b5c120232fd40fb4fe3e45/File/rilewifutalazus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb459785a8d---rigewuxijinajizumebusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mll7p59rag0qp8pshcf3mid38j/27838146606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/tarakamozerixunile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/kufirojisogejadokorozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/tutadojutowaloloxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba775814340---12043277041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/xowekidukaguwegof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d6c18ed77---jakukifob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb7ef9698c---96716573003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/tikozubap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/lelemataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609321266550a---bivilanewalefixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c14e8fc59f1---labajalopogoladakupupodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/gedadafojarukabilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/35270111670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelskadm.ru/files/uploads/files/fawiluvuwikujoxavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4d0abc08925fb15209a239076078ee1/mumozirebotaderixovalirin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/jizusoketikejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=write+a+letter+for+birthday+partyPDF 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_off000106fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106FB 16960 bytes
SHA-256: 2e863d799dc4a219dc66756df5d52b45047659dccfb8705cda3fee5917a48326
font_01_sfnt_off000132fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132FE 10572 bytes
SHA-256: a0f474f8b5b26db7a62f75fcb92dafa8914b05e862369d88db2d0281925668cb
font_02_sfnt_off00014b00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B00 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1