Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5f2864111d899b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 13:29:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: dd71d56f4b9e93c5656b2bf15d42e50e SHA-1: 73666e10f3592968a3faa2c8ea7f29d4633c51db SHA-256: f5f2864111d899b9174490ace81d9cfac1a6d37db5feaa31e92cb06f8b2301b2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites and appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests an attempt to host malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8a16ea4b1---wepek.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/15846796386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilisilovaskert.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xilujulogoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed3d3b372e---16787065888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607368090db3b---bufutiwisejenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bebd635cad5---63946879306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/25354651159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flambotour.it/themes/userfiles//files/29786972841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/befufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/82585032505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608435b006650---filezefetarelup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c817b1e21---dinipiraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ea7f2a3bb---kilaguzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/58281449990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/bofanorevixezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/kuwefupuporejetoxozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c803c0cce5---99881070912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9sjamdcbglnj66iuuoh80jb5o/84986221863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toeterloeh44.de/files/18289163610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f7f516eefb785b5ae7bbd90c1a66127/13946530471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renknh.com/ckupload/files/bufokoxikexisolojuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalaviationmuseum.com/userfiles/files/29821118146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af08c1ac69a365d30846d44ec50566a3/rejanuwaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+convert+email+to+pdf+iphonePDF 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_off0000e83d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE83D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001004f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1004F 17452 bytes
SHA-256: 054fcbd6742c32dc0b1e9a1c530b4d79baf66ab27399298045908a774d9f6701
font_02_sfnt_off00012e6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E6E 10860 bytes
SHA-256: e52d9da80e07cf4345c48527f6f8f24f575fa46f8f6ebcf682830f9c7d812e40