Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df5b6152a51d551e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:25:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 345aceda154e03dd66c722918e2ef7bf SHA-1: ee3846dd78a21de8a687c90df3c2df72307d770a SHA-256: df5b6152a51d551e7dcb597def5e382c89bd8c05ce41bf6d4a5450964da18771
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely to download a secondary payload. The presence of multiple PDF link farm indicators and a high ML score supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://mueblesdepladur.es/1/userfiles/file/56687012891.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64131504fb---10365578383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fef11a9adb39abce47fa92fb4cf92ef/mikuvenunitogifobidabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aadfbf7b5c4---sifapem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/276de2e9fd951f6a46c2fa4d2a273b22/8425799527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/49635864085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa9acaf066---ferizirefujisoporelotigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanjutpt1.com/contents//files/nugudimasajosev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077dbc04bab8---wulireketezuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivelinabozilova.com/userfiles/file/90542638690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021070516580077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f76795d75878ae0399fbccfb3ad54cf/sixatitemetilokomagum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee81018ab3---xofaxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0822a6eebb---8777912437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/210825035720483361sj6fhlfdrjhu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janjoling.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24102931243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbestdesign.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/roxenetudavawam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tgurnp88pjl9dr4ovs0qsn5qs8/vomanibojuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/egol2ru44q3i5ebcfl615ef692/zulusapibor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff6dc7ef583c7384739b805c9ead8971/46848576853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/wedawiropewavekolata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4d2eb4402---beriwavovusijukik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765c2d8e647---87550252444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=hotel+business+proposal+sample+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_off0000bf27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d73e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD73E 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 440210889fe6a8a639fab363d3324b190bca4a0d05c0fc564ce4a5c582661a74
font_02_sfnt_off0000f021.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF021 17388 bytes
SHA-256: a1858a443e81ef8c6c4abbcc5771f35a1e37e902c18f6724b8d048bb1d1d5b8a