Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5de58f6479c012b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 09:13:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4721ee286267d403c782e77d90483cd4 SHA-1: 12386812f95d0e641c6ea29bc85eb8ba16c191fe SHA-256: f5de58f6479c012b86faf7595b70a581f70508038d56629a94650de1ac5eab5a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, characteristic of link farms used for phishing or malware distribution. The PDF structure itself is also noted as a link farm, further supporting this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92c6b58fac2380b8d5471b7495fada68/27315752626.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/41405448383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078025f3659c---posane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krantiservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gupuwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b27dcd933---17367167673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf9b84b509820cfeaecd84d2921ff24f/gojikidivuxaxoneguxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ivg1r137p1soofs2tigoidhhkl/86416886473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59ec4e1fad---63147405467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ceb74a924df6f9c7b7b5d2bbd8d5a81/kezulezekagefuwavosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/gumoxajuromuwokenopol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3ac27c161---pobob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/zejexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e4fbd8a13---39759730865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/381306fe532c77c476a74636ae20cb8a/1703218125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ldlkdq1mdiir4tmftbinfvli5v/77740014450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f5ec14b454a19425c18afff300dcb99/95424350228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0iqj4a0o8dqt6gq94er7uc8nmg/kigamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledins.lv/cms/file/mepopererifefupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/96943608226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/14940305207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/dinaxivipebamurudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609382ccb7b9c---24314558234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaochue.vn/userfiles/file/46382147358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=the+castle+of+adventure+read+onlinePDF 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_off0000f611.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF611 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 18e62c9b858f1b6436119a27bfbc6bb8cd1aaf5369b087cf712357c3b9ca95a3
font_01_sfnt_off00012373.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12373 10704 bytes
SHA-256: ede82eacf0c22b6ec54ae06537c0290eedf8c529e3f72b60987327b77161e61f
font_02_sfnt_off00013c02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1