Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5b2517ab1150b41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-08-20 07:58:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4028de304a619f11c304fef83d2899ea SHA-1: 918e1b443c38004cda19a69db47624bd31f692c7 SHA-256: d5b2517ab1150b41a7d6748843c654d644eb6f6f2682f0a1bcb56cb76e039e54
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or SEO spamming operation. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/72128119239.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://helder-effect.nl/userfiles/file/59949027852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116c2a7b22bf---32713047359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3c93f390ca---96674311971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/welinuwobijimexinawiluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823d31116e1---75495865962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neteyes.eu/editor_up/63265714398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://torgoborud.org/images/file/45591892297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865a1b9339d---78236482994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palirna-frydek.cz/uploaded/file/jowos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b804f7a202e---siroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d047657b58---zodufopazagakon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4904638eb3---veziguki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tasegodiwafox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4117d46c8eef72ca22f17c9cc8fba1b4/xegurisenepikuxapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/sedujap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/viguvowuwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uhli-janmaria.cz/userfiles/file/64045507081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3cf585e56---zutufewejox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/38110633786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9a080654c4989146803065fb8ec76b8/vamidetisad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kueapem.com/contents//files/89055361930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+main+advantages+of+non+renewable+energyPDF 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_off0000dd35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD35 11200 bytes
SHA-256: fba622a8d666e7fe92c72b7b697288a7e63adc4a28d477a87396035c744bcad7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f718.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF718 16276 bytes
SHA-256: 7726e86af012694ae7a644694a55d9105cf48a4172b7d99ad30ea42569cb2d26
font_02_sfnt_off0001213b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1