Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db5daeb0819b8606…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:19:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e0747aae91bd462969e4426c2f6d947d SHA-1: 8fd8ba05f19a4d662d679f8edff04571fc2b4478 SHA-256: db5daeb0819b86065f9c4b02e688ffb1aa743ca72d82a357b27aad33709294bc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a lure to external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://cdmvt.cz/sites/default/files/riwojuduletinoluku.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://currycornersugarland.com/admin/images/file/josopulewuvujixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ocjg2i51glsrcb8jmv3pc1ujkb/lepafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ues-rb.ru/themes/ues-rb.ru/files/72819780216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67cl3jqvuil896urq2ul1d27lc/18671571528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.focitabor.hu/userfiles/file/94865521883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahypilat.cz/admin/file/zopuzelerimawopelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/17135275200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/kafelakatewipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olynskiconstruction.com/pics/file/fisokujobabum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/siwopevofop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/91217451699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/dakorikopodedewosow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vmacippq4607jq8f0niprg5ud3/97320247022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d24cc28b471---68095668219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/78081737350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/rolerabigowetawobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimstudioinc.com/media/files/xivopivilofudozifawix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd2b319c13781879f4c5d5a55066c5bf/31804199965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsarvn.com/media/ftp/file/93556277515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-bouquet.be/userfiles/files/56604294849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/pofuxibebomefamujakimanax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceabfbb3831e157f5ecef6004bb5825b/49430466704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5837335638---padonunovopepemepumali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/83901189244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=etica+epicurista+pdfPDF 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_off000184b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x184B2 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 6080ed5b1bd563b80ba2b8e376b29e71955c0ebef302f5bbea1c72d953b3d53d
font_01_sfnt_off00019c74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19C74 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001b486.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B486 21404 bytes
SHA-256: 9ae2b5ec3555e7f808cfc019759dc2cc62e18f9541ecc4bf6388864c276ff7c1