Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5938db013e1a6b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 11:47:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4e2662b0267575c08d0512c4b5520bb8 SHA-1: 88715005f45a574d36cdafc8da1d32cbf4f2e326 SHA-256: d5938db013e1a6b7bad9fbb5cb82e7fca0e62ddfeee9cb510d5848aec7d0f3f2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+do+girls+like+in+a+boy PDF link annotation
    • http://gianphoiduyloimodel.com/Images_upload/files/piwapibutajenoxitegilesim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/41368108160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcda7415c16---88922951115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/17928474859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7tcv95au2etn3de8kitcbaclit/bowija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860e06cfc88---14936148254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a16e8834ad28f317f69a5916be95b53/fiviwatuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707b70a6f56---581529848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/87575086879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d55b8b960e4---fibavavopoxowubaragivex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/56558282998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdsvieclam.com/upload/files/raxapotet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mikqcn41s8j4ndig7kb9h3qchu/tomujewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f16d993bf2---31595640358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e99e27128cc47cee225f49ba5c53f367/dugiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chroscina.com/userfiles/file/lugutamepulupana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/60103544481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horizontire.com/userfiles/file/86945872529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a6f02c7da---komixukalajifunaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thephinhmienbac.com/upload/files/somamoselovumogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/94154626337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9d2a4b866d---46246809819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30dbe97af0---sazozapabikesufedivatapok.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_off0000ee31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE31 10868 bytes
SHA-256: e685e5e0a561b3b005639aa67e856fedd9fa96cbea3c8533b89dbb359f72618d
font_01_sfnt_off0001070c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1070C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F1E 16748 bytes
SHA-256: 9d7cc2c9622eaa3cb0eaa5fdb6c4f785145f2a08d9515ff7aab4080faf394f6a