Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05807b5291b17b02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-06 13:04:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: eb2b49b694e4684ada0b66bf47f7b805 SHA-1: 9f0df335cebce56b9ba76a4f9fbc79fb69943afb SHA-256: 05807b5291b17b02d62c6a38d5b350dbab30874a68243ecbfbb3a1fcf63fe50b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as a distribution point for phishing content or further malware. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and compromised CMS platforms indicates a deliberate effort to obscure the true malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bec332a36---wepelipu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfcc7af1dce---88718793390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa9996ad81b8382c91c896c5896f5909/bodumamukufidafotodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a000ee74d98affeb0565b9dc7cf2fda/miwoboxakafeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c23a22d2e8---77829634049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-4/20210704113636936386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d33c47ef19---gusesijetozajenebatif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609833ee28547---17209834986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9971e6ac41---megelofolemaful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cfa378504---99141810776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609a9c82917f4---25252959969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/79485241478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhasachnguyenvancu.com/Images_upload/files/fofuwalekevafokataloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d1ac7fd8e---30016816968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phsbulldogs1966.com/clients/8/87/87911cb64b10f66d93d15f7b6e22d365/File/zugajiludobulisavojolip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a9af536a3ee02568331d17508c481f3/96914337814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/kapoliderumibaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e57097b365---zawederewedazonekaned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/gekomefazop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50i0fp66led485rq1idngf9roi/gemitavawomivigofovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61cfdodatv6jrqufhr9hiad3o9/14327798819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8a6c7aeb2---risuzozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf6c2cb992---63520847508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents//files/dubasexiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dh237le8vfkqqcmg028v531v91/rujetinizowod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=gk+questions+for+small+kidsPDF 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_off0000f16a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16A 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 559fd6cdf28ce7b087d6150f44af8bb323f41a0a9f9e316a785db96169b97154
font_01_sfnt_off00010a6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A6F 16896 bytes
SHA-256: 93c3da886241c5060cf566b42608d111f704dc0a448472bd62517738ca3873d8
font_02_sfnt_off00013671.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13671 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1