Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5d2debbad38fd59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:34:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 36f411c35a8f7254acccbc70765d7ec4 SHA-1: b65a7f5b89dee44f1781d20a032c32b567d40990 SHA-256: c5d2debbad38fd59c7f0d6883c6011b985777e5ff3f43a092fe17690d0be3a59
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. This structure strongly suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely phishing pages or malware downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ded6d653dc---76215311635.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://deesudcoolingtower.com/userfiles/file/zejul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/tipopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b905f92fac---xudogefukibojowavur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/sobonemolexifajiwijatomok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/56296774026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9d46f87ae1---lozomon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95ff24d702---96207672162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalitelivideoizle.com/resimler/files/wonebojikaserox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed2b7c22ab---72498748348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46hao97ugcaip4qaej1js63kfu/surumifiwuxusesifurebunim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1db85d0ca---wojaleporiforebomijasusob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/70968719221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/51505695144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160913f3807e8b---63258253421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5be8e186fb155e6e182157cf32d6667c/sulojowerofoluwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wukurubobekiwiraditakogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e925e5da6---doruwomorizitasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983d8c99025---buxogutekipanexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/jumewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b95b827f9---rodow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f703366ba6d970bf7e9804f21af00f47/korekipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071308ca62e5---dilonipaweredubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9e4367c122dd69a750ba5a49045f1ee/dowimesewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+can+become+richPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f290.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF290 1920 bytes
SHA-256: 4eeb9c1d75b788b56c7e9bbbbe0dcd0fe632c63fe71f2c6643b12ef1b984e79f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB82 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 6dcc2ae9e9f1beb84752ac0b3d4ffde07bc6c071212aadacead3b23a77dd7769
font_02_sfnt_off000128c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128C6 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 9025f4e8e1482f9423741acf5043e703e5f08a14546a814f9a4e2a23e4369047
font_03_sfnt_off00014016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14016 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1