Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5138e74acaefd24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-28 14:30:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 58fdbb82705a07788b64913ea8cd1c89 SHA-1: 66413d6cabeba325ebdf7ea63db9704f52196fce SHA-256: f5138e74acaefd249969e44d7faedf6a063139e354d7ff8d1dec1e5a4828b3aa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDFs that leverage external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rastrear+android+perdido
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/447cf118033953988a5fb6a870f4d3cf/86191258340.pdf
    • https://iagclaims.endataclaims.com/ModCoreFilesUploaded/file/valadon.pdf
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f8ce709026---28813876679.pdf
    • https://markyatirim.com/resimler/files/jovetubopin.pdf
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613df0c32dbae---21025181843.pdf
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b0s98oph703du793aek88q6j5/7889434349.pdf
    • https://www.stock2morrow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nedimaraziwifasukami.pdf
    • http://bnblspecialities.com/userfiles/files/5659236280.pdf
    • http://ambiance-cinema.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0056e60cf273d389f8748c5c8f2bbb91/lufasebe.pdf
    • http://identik.hu/editor_up/90575783620.pdf
    • http://www.satit.nrru.ac.th/satit/_Adminis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29603030861.pdf
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6qg06eoubtc2m2oi8nmn44fvp/kabipesira.pdf
    • https://signos.larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/20269763521.pdf
    • http://icsbc.ru/fuploader/file/rifix.pdf
    • http://ilsungwarehouse.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/pafetixevobonadazome.pdf
    • http://naszemotyle.natura2000.pl/imgturysta/files/11269510433.pdf
    • http://quesnelbusinessnetwork.ca/userfiles/file/17635625998.pdf
    • https://rcvizovice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fokuroraninazobikafemo.pdf
    • http://studiotrusso.it/userfiles/files/dalise.pdf
    • http://villa-margherita.biz/userfiles/files/38482287490.pdf
    • http://chinalabware.ru/d/files/13300018964.pdf
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/radezexarekov.pdf
    • http://bakineshr.az/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiravekibepeligop.pdf
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efd774d17f---42226184432.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c336.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC336 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000db4d.bin
db479aea9ec1dd68417c6affe2da0a82a1ca8b0b17ae7080c3f357dacc192979
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB4D 10384 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2e7.bin
b962c4d0b889ee589ecff4ea6754c3dba1548c191e0d28d4aff0246b54950af3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E7 19388 bytes