Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5cd8180d9a84705…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:52:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4ee954d4266b961ef75f3e2a21b7b127 SHA-1: 82a25c9f0827edbe83f2cdf87e911d12e075b598 SHA-256: b5cd8180d9a847051c792737d9faf884d190f74713ca8888f466973dc42be142
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which likely serve as a distribution point for phishing or malware. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to lure users with job interview-related content, a common phishing tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7rl7b3tsj558tutdo94m6vkjs/76429209401.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lls22inv8pg5d8q4f89drkrir4/79331452988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc91f7c94787a7303f189ab64cc1c683/98552553943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a1f94140351260789cef9b10c878923/kavidoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4f2d5415a---90729311942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/040b4419e3f6c7288fdda252e1f0101a/66738957758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indianhairtransplant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66629525420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visualmotion.nl/uploads/file/nofapakurinegowujov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ymy-tea.tw/upload/files/93396646020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70c56d963ad96a11fc812fc857e6418a/jevuledojad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juwowatubitozebiguxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mim2010.ru/userfiles/file/tozelavisojamipuganesida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arendic.cl/files/lexokil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2korkbegvomn1fv90ocb41hd59/jagorofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4cba130f5d---11781291994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.ovh/userfiles/files/81425542730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/99561247089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805ea19cd40---41095214860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab851c77ffa---26159649869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/nokusakavaton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkagenap.com/contents//files/wazokipuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heuresromantiques.com/upload/files/xaxofewin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/54495382927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/movafuzufegatukakazeravel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/26018389673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b232671c8---56114772629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+answer+job+interview+pdfPDF 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_off0000c225.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC225 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 7646401b044a694dae56dacaa289e1dcd5ffd822b194ff9ddc870777fe78a47d
font_01_sfnt_off0000db20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB20 18124 bytes
SHA-256: bb6503be9488c38d5711fdcb6a3c49a18a99e062df20e3f47004367bc41bf6ba
font_02_sfnt_off00010a38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A38 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1