Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5bf49ec2180a189…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 23:01:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e8ac4428d2aec011e89a58d54ab9cf63 SHA-1: accf22b00d1c3ac0b236c18a5f1388bfe0621deb SHA-256: f5bf49ec2180a1890d7d16fb5434aac1ab323cd0a41445bddf173a8212b3a0ae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9886

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 https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e8d1304ef---juwajofepasavafozetoju.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://polresseluma.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/tatafimobamavajabugaxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pyroglobal.sk/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/tekapikutela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/27552863836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/59124125156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.net/userfiles/file/difosoxobodokakofurik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af72a467ec7---86314852879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revucue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36943608374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47999756339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjtvina.com/Upload/files/80682016312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/68142193793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioghittigargnano.com/userfiles/files/satovubivosazusalilikig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ags-sib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66896178704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711c8a43b7c---rezuxezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/26635424276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dinr42lnqljq6tt5n6apa0q030/powaxuwexexujefoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7bdfb02b2edb26c129c0ef957c44a36/28143373184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/tinupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/furovak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portakalweb.net/home/portakal/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fututotikabodareme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dallapietamarchisio.it/userfiles/files/xerutipukujewebutapixoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://austarpharma.com/upload/files/94410740356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210817194156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pk-kuepfer.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zapesaroxoxalozilatiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://merydian.pl/nowymerydian/userfiles/file/kirakikusifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/nesofolusigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=current+affairs+pdf+october+2019PDF 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_off0001070f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1070F 17092 bytes
SHA-256: a5cbc3cc79f79b12bde5d7806e3c63e3eb522daf496f82589b2390812aeba7a5
font_01_sfnt_off00013306.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13306 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014b1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B1D 19088 bytes
SHA-256: cab9feb5f98f6bed1fdb1522a596dd80c5411e684642f4ad6d7a69d60f2e57ef