Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5af7bcb8f81e2fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 17:15:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 913aefbd6024b96ffe55513ca3cb37f0 SHA-1: 3594f78cd77bdeff7b818f52fb1370ef964eaa10 SHA-256: b5af7bcb8f81e2fee575f9fb3f0b3fd6e8f1cd9382dc5cc97264944833df6a1c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites hosting further malicious PDF files. The presence of numerous external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests an intent to lure users into downloading and opening additional malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sore+back+of+heel+after+running PDF link annotation
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/2106180409234238763t6roo62i6km.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlakepaint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kogekifudefejobak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abbc4825f8e---zerufajopizuninefotite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903b7126a9b---99727476090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/liguwupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/gudofegap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/53264121070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahs1978hounds.com/clients/0/09/09313dc2b2b2138818c22350edca9cf7/File/pudubizatugakofidonika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompletucetnictvi.cz/files/file/gajexuzowokufewun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westtech1963.com/clients/d/d4/d4250bc21dcbbf02d7f9bc68df143add/File/92281683884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.se/upload/79025062648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/1715329362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68a149136f5da8ce93d9a2ea722c4214/venisejujexaxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqb91d3kk42q8fpjgctif62i2i/kebimakozabetotoporizuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecf973c2db5c9669327219a83a5dd568/74792125660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55abc5bb5aa1860d067d52f3aa074d4c/wunoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ad41d0c33---duforekabokifazolarizis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc3ffb1e700ea0f8e3098412ae84e69f/wosupagitedokasivanejekuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/ditaruvefuxarafavifuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/lebabipaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/gavenevutomalozerora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607720ab4026d---90366500086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rodnolespropertymanagement.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/43111811548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91e722d59311a05aea3994f34040fead/vulatorafuwobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160916d28ba06c---nefaw.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_off0000f019.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF019 10856 bytes
SHA-256: edfb5abd9c57439964515598d3185bb953d3ef56611022a6ffacde72ba7e8143
font_01_sfnt_off00010919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10919 16836 bytes
SHA-256: 45385f312ec5914da577153d2aaf255eea982fc2ea92c4f8564eb6bdd8742a85
font_02_sfnt_off000134d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1