Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5f445d3ed6a9652…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-08-15 13:44:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5d3cea0d78d2b259963d479e061012ca SHA-1: f60cf2eb1141cc480a0a3a4988c4538185b52f7b SHA-256: b5f445d3ed6a9652103408f67df1cda9dd1a3f9d59d51b31fc43361af07d8b1d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The embedded URLs and PDF facts indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting sites. The primary purpose appears to be luring users to malicious websites for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=enjoy+english+11+%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81+%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA+%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C+pdf
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eot5957fa21ukuq56oucdig1c6/32689828446.pdf
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca6fca5f2c---muwuki.pdf
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/kakigunimekumaxebidomoxa.pdf
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cb2ff9e65108a27c322a26bb4d67fc0/gipoxezowederutudezenu.pdf
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/697777800.pdf
    • http://aktifimmo.lu/userfiles/files/63798423815.pdf
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/kowulirenikepuf.pdf
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35939c173ccb003c36d3b3d66335118b/boforitolofutaruvi.pdf
    • https://www.nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wogipopinaxixok.pdf
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/vezakotewo.pdf
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/25751616235.pdf
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-4/20210604101129372729.pdf
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070fea9e199d---kobega.pdf
    • http://abcbyspu.net/ckfinder/images_store/files/serukunesekajuwujuxuful.pdf
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/8021846662.pdf
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161087a8edb0fe---lodopifabekapu.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c99382bd704---lagedoju.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48728d8c2a---wanolujomajonibowiweg.pdf
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/muvovi.pdf
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076313a5b32c---41514914144.pdf
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e7c69217a---vegev.pdf
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e80ed00ebe---44656984472.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cb3e.bin
3a6f96ccb73e38175bad6be359316892086212ad30b8861b22afe044ef4b1a77
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB3E 12052 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e72c.bin
939e3d0d7e2df09c021fa1f0fb643417eb3eb4b5e61d9313ea23e1fb2168dfa8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE72C 20120 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001192f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1192F 16792 bytes