Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5833c15d3367330…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:28:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 71821c5e94c6886fe851ccb97e6c7cb0 SHA-1: 61530646ce463165c563fe11c56312f4fb556369 SHA-256: c5833c15d3367330549c2a76126d79d39f98e0541350028b8c70928b621f2f83
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS uploads, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. The file's structure and heuristic firings point towards a malicious PDF designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=psicolog%C3%ADa+del+desarrollo+infancia+y+adolescencia+shaffer+pdf+gratis PDF link annotation
    • http://murielbellhomes.com/userfiles/files/pitisukoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11262165888322aa310b1136576e0705/16393177056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885f0575c7e---54209612004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac66f539006---xutujanajoxolef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lahma.pl/_u/userfiles/file/werumewawofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quick-thailand.com/images/uploads/file/pewijiwagenotorozuludarag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f9c7c2b11---18471372490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oi5mljfskk9n0r617ositgcsgn/nonuduzuwodiruxaxamojejik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32c0de9c76a1e0c1d585029469fbd1aa/22325390258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-6/20210706020144823875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://septumdent.com/img/userfiles/files/pavekonagevejuzal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/risibuxoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saveurspoitoucharentes.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sipijajomusoruzujofosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penal-garazh.ru/files/45600923499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnvvvlfb52s1krqo1k37nnml55/pemutuzebuxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03qutj3i1pctbfakcci4ff47f6/surojuzin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091894320a4a---zasusagusupisus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160971086a2621---26109743036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210610092440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq5ougq7p3phe43ij3n2crso9s/topetojuzerezovaboje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhodeislandalpha.com/clients/56223/File/wabekukixojuwuxewutuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2rent.gr/userfiles/file/96901840135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/kajalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dellrein.ru/content/file/nuwaxepuparibedanovikiwit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jdlnq3oq0jqjkh85rt9pfc2o0s/fekanula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogable.de/userfiles/file/27521801948.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_off0000bca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4B5 18140 bytes
SHA-256: 7e3191e74167450b1e5bea2d72aec31bcfc6fceee67b263b0678409bc0029ffa
font_02_sfnt_off00010368.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10368 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 8636b52cc393ddd62b84b676a4540541942cfdf6cf1f080db405e5a552c41485