Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05cd65a6aa6ebbcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-08-17 15:13:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 59ec0e9221db9bd7ebe21e1fd709ff25 SHA-1: b08db7a9114a432fc781a0cc72c8e9ffe231cacf SHA-256: 05cd65a6aa6ebbcf1dc655e93e0d9cad88456d1a67eff48cca4ea2fc1458c460
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, a common tactic for distributing malicious content or phishing lures. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6bfdd6qs32btr6lld7gj1l158/nexofamo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa97417c68f---gozowafejofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bc5fba5d3---zilazeremolajugizufaxedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzaidele.com/images/upload/File/85909641193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korvet-sp.ru/userfiles/file/78488299895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a47796bdaff854af5a4fa92ca9a2594f/goduliwuxamoripar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamedia.vn/data/file/20216670650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076da74cf262---35825324974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canigrup.com/userfiles/file/57869914110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116c7d0994ef---96072234572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3be170695d---85477959506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cassotech.nl/site/data/ws/files/zimufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noriupapildu.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/putuzujadebazepolazedoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/62449214312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882c1e0331d---roxeruwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/66340996688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topcudental.com/img/userfiles/files/95625111266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a492973b0b---7535472902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086159d8162c---solomufudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/fubitamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724abf9d43a---48878500708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/71448655972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/16928192621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cad4f2bc2a8---26039582086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebo52.ru/uploads/files/paxalawezak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=reading+plus+answers+level+h+an+underground+hideoutPDF 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_off0000d988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD988 16652 bytes
SHA-256: e4af922cb650beebb1fc0f5236a6d1c13f63b2c0b7e5c2a1e9d46a3f09260a60
font_01_sfnt_off0001051e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1051E 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 59183192ca20581836e61468ac81167dcef15e1a068c94fdc88312dd8bd584d4
font_02_sfnt_off00011e57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1