Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5fe73d4b5f14e82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-06-13 03:45:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 2a24e8bbfa2db09cb1814b73341bf1aa SHA-1: 006f63feac64b5cb32708e5e97378e1501a04c2d SHA-256: b5fe73d4b5f14e82203c1a27a82a2fb3414252f7a7a6b312753c0a9aa3303f47
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' lure and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing and malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=lights+out+movie+download+in+isaimini PDF link annotation
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f50057c85---82423714589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5da924b104---xopokasobodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9100cb667c---kemolenorexugiwuvopeluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f519d3b31b---12493389469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b656573f81---nosajot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/649a171b7774b569ec01d818788fc5e5/52306510814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarlakesarea2040.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79150599721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64b5df5b4ca32487cb3208549fc728b7/ropow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a7d491865---zegevodupusezolepubaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c311ae707bba0ac02e06fb1987d0de14/vuvotazeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nv4nf675fhmvf7338g6jpma4mg/ripomorixuxolomejisel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202104/file/modafasavidakozifebaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m2qcb31htuc9nrffjlsucl17kh/nebajelagatep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beeb53c697a---70085525797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1de5d59d54d8f87fa0e3d6bc7c18fbf5/setevek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79f0abb4929f03c40ddc90a0bf5daa0b/gujufefujifife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b9f68db5077c1daf4ef73fb9a473304/4540707566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f706.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF706 5236 bytes
SHA-256: 187de09c4ea720b0ba76b22aef935b460fe542cab129c6580f2ddbba3ae1edba
font_01_sfnt_off000108cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108CB 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 4eaeda1a79ae679d2006d38403dbf82c200ff2855039489d685e9bc33daa753e