Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5f1cdd5617d13a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-07-06 21:42:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: db4ad5b6c794335b7883a0551f5f58e2 SHA-1: 5d062767b12e89a0fc7c0295d0afc0fb99c87bad SHA-256: b5f1cdd5617d13a9f1e5fa10b32d5029b960f511be417ed0f877567d105339f9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution intent. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of specific payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=highest+frequency+of+visible+light PDF link annotation
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1db6936002---lozujagixejagakizas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/70050376315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3627d21d2f011219c8440a3082573dc6/pizivorebuvob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871a35bf30d---bejutokopedolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db9ceea6e02---fujisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/594bdd58a1bcceef473d006b5fdc5bca/fuwipixufufobolererak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/sukobizemod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7c281b9bda---45802098158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20ns7k0u35mr50dc6di6450esu/37100341435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202104/file/dazodejajeretawedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a78267976---46121447338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qu55sh81qnhl9ne09lo6b8to09/rezife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abdmaapjhi6e5au7ho2n4ud425/felusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c228989e8---98939997821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/lawiwopupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3c5iiueu7stbcm4mhse3hh0vm/bigufovufisikiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/watofulirodinonowuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/delaxaniveduxiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857e813baa3---kares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8u0mkrhaadpti2tqoutrkafc75/52053852759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/bujokonawojuvelux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/5926140751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/69678412106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/288a8ca461a604c9591624e90f644557/lonovixipumaripex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d87b30b24---18409026324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/xavopezofipowudigitadog.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_off00010362.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10362 17556 bytes
SHA-256: afb3834285ec1ae6eb02228fac2946aa4d1e5846d02f6097ef316eb52aba1b0c
font_01_sfnt_off000131d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000149e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149E9 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 6b3bd1bb5bc8c9736f6f74dea7d8e1e80a99d33117c641c0420aa9879ceac450