Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5c34bfcabecc936…

MALICIOUS

PDF

149.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 14:07:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 4f1d073d9400ddb60b20f9184aef7772 SHA-1: f7d61e8f557c45bf243fb8b1107c4fe26daeb3b3 SHA-256: f5c34bfcabecc9362444b435cc48439dab606b762e6889fb9c781d72f8bfc4f5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely intended to lure users into clicking malicious links. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the true destination and potentially track user engagement with phishing or malware delivery pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9733

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://remoteworkerclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f477cc1a8986c4e7415e67eff1cb91e/21426113966.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5dfd018205---96450469312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e22e838b586348b887af06f9b775962d/moruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/87813084333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucinnovation.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nutejofosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080909043adf---17272342041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bracyfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c2/c2db1a97f769835965582c74015c7782/File/jezutat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0d049f9d0---71859977580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duquenne-moteurs.fr/webroot/upload/files/98053202681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85b968cc0d---gokivewosovazuredila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/koxojukamomigadefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweatrinserepeat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vesuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf50175b1eb4124f9617fce03287d58d/besenovesolimozazeromebov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1mv5mplaj0cbqkf95ktcgj9s0/vevadusarujevepeputalobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/97941601883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/9802634550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f996297651---domokoladisan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d7c6ee042396b0cb267d850077176ff/vetufulav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/vadupezuxibudibixubufuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pass-eco-energies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24727175145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ou5isa5ifvpo1fhd5tses3u86/26657709523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/20649862385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a80545784cb---likige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/pimawunisalero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06a5ae7651---juzezudadon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=uncharted+unlocking+the+pastPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001d851.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D851 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001f068.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F068 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 3e9d7f057723d5c2f0c46d1f9068f5c2815faf91c15bffef8a9a06ac3f46e7ef
font_02_sfnt_off000209a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x209A3 3244 bytes
SHA-256: 89ab3e6b2a60da9651522873dbcfb3f70e30ff1e26c2e31df66e059c3dd1ad66
font_03_sfnt_off00021701.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21701 17764 bytes
SHA-256: a33f9a37c67b98f9ec70baee080d9bd6054f1f08cde131ef18278032c77fd3dd