Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5801298c73693ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:01:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9f6c44c09371567e001c178fe123962b SHA-1: 3cbb5c9c4c3140a0e8fc194fc945e02cc16863e0 SHA-256: d5801298c73693ad5d0e2ef0e2191bdd4bbe62e16983eb262a231ad07e4bb037
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4777708717c8accb4018795c45bf8a46/81032730661.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f1962ed52---28753417310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/15876261055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tverzhilservis.ru/foktver.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jelurojagete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/83887084486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/7235960561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebal.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/88064924191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160724b0a498c7---38156500603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-francuskiego.pl/userfiles/file/wufilinifivuwevizimiles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/jevumugiwutuwutar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nsbbkovrm3ndnq267250co829a/jovotefabuxerupadas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a55084e3c81.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomaglio.it/userfiles/files/6230066764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retroldn.com/userfiles/file/4302685098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithathoaphat11.com/upload/files/63458599466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/211c635e64aa9a738b93d9ad647742fd/99071105952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakianco.ir/data/image/uploads/news/files/sonuzejebixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e6b1266158aefaef96298aa460d1d8a/pifomipodadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af69d942636---jizimelajelivebilefivan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd0b00b6683525bb71da10a2d3e4d2f0/21163820156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parvazyab.net/basefile/api203/files/binimepoxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c2ad5ad2a9716a3c6fef97e31b64713/95017890161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e5559a9057c2919587eb230f4e05a9d/81134482849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/degeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+ounces+is+in+a+750ml+bottlePDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000116a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116A6 19840 bytes
SHA-256: ced41e4069992d9598cb42c006cc8500488ca1f319ba41196a2bc29e7659d062
font_01_sfnt_off00014b1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B1A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16331 11028 bytes
SHA-256: e9d03da8a4af0a2fec802f94515d51e8bc41a7f0900fe4bf391532a80962d41a