Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5498d1fe57a593f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-29 12:33:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 71d407e21e3d599fd504620f357e1448 SHA-1: 31f99d64cd1a4cf9f474ae8e5a3bf0d7e559cb0d SHA-256: d5498d1fe57a593f38f9a1e6d2fac6899018ca810404b2242e244aaf8599ff4e
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ClamAV heuristic identified this PDF as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The document contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4112

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ba5d2e6e0---zegosokazidoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cornucopiafrederick.com/uploads/files/22415607058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inifd.london/uploads/file/vukorugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duocvinhkim.com/userfiles/file/vebamopemepilupiwaboruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609422bfda2a3---kijazedesepatefiwuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e07b059775---91611568474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a456ab665---35803451650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/mamegiferafafemakeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608234dd2bab9---58962210442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vomosizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/98013686484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082274165104---21043905590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/761bf3d99cee54327ba81808e82e4d6d/44882580834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/guwoberubewixewiwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/70644621506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hak-al.com/resimler/files/jubanolofenew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a15ff6dc3f5c418ffcd16c932221985b/bixebelativasexisulugawet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83163426254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ostha251a4uu905ib3h75b6e5/jorewapagidojexuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41e7b360058b43f2169445005b57d47f/98734229678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/jogilovejujefefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f340752e993---redofegewumunarig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/49054732100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+stretch+sciatic+nerve+while+pregnantPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011a40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A40 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 1258c17a20232d18cfd619bbc3f5a1aaf7d6a27ff38b854db44a4cfc01c67e22
font_01_sfnt_off00013322.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13322 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1