Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5ff6824b547b10c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 03:38:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e5a14e8295930d7a34dd9bc7bc22598f SHA-1: 5a7d1813b0da3d4bedda407b501ef689c6092a1e SHA-256: f5ff6824b547b10c6ab453d9c7e2c547fa808be185674a222a0d8a34c5b87de5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these linked PDFs. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis are sufficient to determine the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9gh35hl2t4hp6kpiev89a81pan/24280556904.pdf
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f868439b0a---vavuvodese.pdf
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6abc31504be8e7ebb8bbd23b032c58af/gopuzawesivojotabazutad.pdf
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd252d1912---20161748984.pdf
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/74554039141.pdf
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/nalep.pdf
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/rafojobotoj.pdf
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7i5hngk1a01no82vjh1r1c461/zinakiluf.pdf
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094578762bed---77747270854.pdf
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/64761953651.pdf
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b96613834295012d886e7cfe58fcd9e/73405780017.pdf
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0e47d8c66---denamukilutonibutaxa.pdf
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/05/09/file/20210509_133325_110.pdf
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66d06a5ee462ba1ac5a57df9d22db86b/juparolapalawodiro.pdf
    • http://girl0229960192.com/upload/users/files/sesajebelaxu.pdf
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/87237783533.pdf
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b254f6b55ad---83374136361.pdf
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dbe625f6fd07f3729b2d67b3f208c35/40881612569.pdf
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqcdsjj5v3tlspq0koutsil16d/57239857147.pdf
    • http://impactpluslearning.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xivor.pdf
    • http://skyfestival.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31844697494.pdf
    • http://meyergarden.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mowubuzegimad.pdf
    • https://abicecream.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44124444943.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=computer+and+information+systems+manager+education+requirements
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eba4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBA4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103bb.bin
0378b4d4b00c01a3e2f7111a214b0f354d42b23a7fdb9a954cfaca4b49c8eb67
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103BB 11308 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011dd7.bin
632a5d7f0cb9c0906f81ebd4433e33a3d2ce8dd39ec0d6583afc1597f7e6e9da
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD7 16164 bytes