Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0005f8b405b18e57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:49:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 26f60eb5ce28b77d3984059eca07a96d SHA-1: 8c853ab7b02bfdcca8c67c45927ba68e76f892e1 SHA-256: 0005f8b405b18e57ccc5572be10d64ee2409fa72154e72bab90325f418296c2d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites, such as https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is800+d+answers. The primary purpose appears to be to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing attacks through these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is800+d+answers
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072605b685c0---bugaxagu.pdf
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/95611733047.pdf
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846cba70309---58771782222.pdf
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/sokaxapas.pdf
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa3490fc372d9b7ffa8ca8e12648163b/dukununiv.pdf
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a501520d25d---48054099184.pdf
    • http://3dsami.org/uploadfilefiles/baxovij.pdf
    • http://olneyjune65.com/clients/d/dc/dcef5d22f85ec69f5810ba62c2e8cf46/File/84270195446.pdf
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/fitejuxasixemusilijep.pdf
    • http://yangs-ns.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210610043600.pdf
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f4b67f13c---62789021644.pdf
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210607154713.pdf
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c35a72ed9ea---41516944956.pdf
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d161ed292---pugizejedusenuwatiwuru.pdf
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/bagopamipukisadifegozeves.pdf
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b520336f7---mefimemojakim.pdf
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a96c06d38672f9a56ee627604477270/mijatagazadilafozine.pdf
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/36548709305.pdf
    • https://pestresolution.pt/site/upload/file/13399418730.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9bc764615---10868343923.pdf
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/799836832.pdf
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/63117896692.pdf
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d874032c24---96191765720.pdf
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/fomapufas.pdf
    • http://vagtteam.dk/userfiles/Files/86076728359.pdf
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/79452098406.pdf
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/70571131486.pdf
    • 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_off0000cc58.bin
e7782fbcee8307520f28fb3ce9f15ac972fd4399560d993ced4195c2cb858fc6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC58 16672 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f777.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF777 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010f8e.bin
72e0aa9a63a7967a78c245db0569e72cd43bbd3f4b2c3f58a39542064b53bbe1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F8E 10252 bytes