Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c5e0a9b6c2d58b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 11:54:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 09b17b213edfe09fd6b4b231e3367667 SHA-1: 2bd4f6dbe1f9aff5613579aae01b230cc7e32012 SHA-256: 0c5e0a9b6c2d58b5e1f0837fdcd809d6a8bcda2836992ab4d33c3ac4f2deea37
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and other domains, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of external URIs and compromised CMS upload links suggests an attempt to distribute malware or harvest credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=good+hustle+meaning
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2df472ab6---mewikovijuxivofoxojaroz.pdf
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/duvolunedusowagamofu.pdf
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ea405cbde---damegajovozased.pdf
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efe7bc410c92c623f9fa6500cccd9a9a/39520903028.pdf
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d49551e10e9---zosesosukefafonom.pdf
    • https://estoniapools.com/contents//files/faluparononat.pdf
    • http://www.predia.cz/userfiles/file/39320109827.pdf
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b7ee19964---95964523168.pdf
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03f601bc19121fc188a0301462944a3d/44856936094.pdf
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da6e1715b28---7145491342.pdf
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea76i92vh6hnb9h70adqa2hh8p/74089109547.pdf
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/sukobazizaf.pdf
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/vimoso.pdf
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/lavepajoveluxetigejalib.pdf
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57e8783e0746c946b5c541334b09452e/91062679989.pdf
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/20378325393.pdf
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608908dce8d73---90631218991.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c971cb9f9ce---tomapatozi.pdf
    • http://toyotaquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/kopiruvewexemevos.pdf
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t07489akfa78m0tjhciatip1qm/kitopisak.pdf
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ecef086493---36294105498.pdf
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/35864013087.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_off000105ad.bin
bd14821307fdfa68daa910e01bbbf9d8ce47fd996ea8ec24284fa4b42f446927
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105AD 17336 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000132d5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132D5 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014aec.bin
a0863842631a3600c94ccfc4d5e742999f3b7dc90218f552a8aba1760116b4f8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AEC 10736 bytes