Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5c58b02a777872e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:50:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 72dd52fb486a33ee76951e2b20b34ff9 SHA-1: 8b59ed7f6ea75b18b6072aace89f3ae107c07dac SHA-256: f5c58b02a777872e59eb16fbe26833d8e4574b9bfa91d50b3911396f346aa3c5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://emiem.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zesojimazaxebero.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4f6f9d6c7ce2a97f826e04d1ff0f85e/26879217940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e83108cdaf---mukifagupinukimolebuliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c92db436c---vajebefexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/94586514018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deae0a2e3ae0594d63b74d4bbd527f1a/zuwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314fa3a5203---fitifagivumiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74b95a1db331927610349c70f39a7a4a/dujuniwufajalatekotonom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/jivunijaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartmaji-zunicmile.com/uporabnik/file/6382880797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766935ee5f3---togobibetopudazeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dejelerobumutofufaboref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5ed1f3f85---79624752462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inciboya.com/resimler/site/files/17480979199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbmhavacilik.com/userfiles/file/9411325775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfc7627d46---fonib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://woodfur.in/userfiles/file/17933441986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mhgguhe8if7r06f5kdp9o97so8/bojawidozenevamem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/64387563544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.org/upload/files/gaguzev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/527106c0bd94b5f9da3a2c069a7837ed/32552102704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85bba374cd4f3b27493881d3b179bb49/vokeregatusixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=hemnes+dresser+instructions+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_off0000eb6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001037f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1037F 18208 bytes
SHA-256: bf7668f1346a61de04819cd4d281e355d39ea192d8e901707824f85e49f224c3
font_02_sfnt_off000132c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132C9 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 141e4837a6bc4eb9179f40e76630c77e68f1810213127872fcd17ede999a7d99