Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 115a5dd86826abc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.3 KB Created: 2021-07-22 03:54:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: e873176068026f6e567f09c5dd9d3880 SHA-1: de6028bc0501185d3dbdff551cb06f34bed8b1e7 SHA-256: 115a5dd86826abc81dbbc447afaa4a1cd8353a91d7b2420c1791f5079fef4820
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, hosting numerous URLs pointing to PDF files on compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. This pattern is commonly used for phishing or distributing further malware stages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93d2b952419d47229cac08ecf0435a86/xefiwizak.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6fd59e607---9169983512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67a1891020---45033131989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8b5c27e3e2---xulubifavanexat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topoint.cc/userfiles/fckFile/20210720235030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f43896be7586f5e8bc9f0c612235ce5d/68465930021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/38925121150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gifarlcm.com/upfiles/editor/files/62683999226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/24202637667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/563a33201c748923a6bae10f8ec57b3e/bokuxevuwomar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f74662b1592---3663462665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dge7jr26ugpggk89jkcpoe5pf9/xogobalixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fce275481d---77154927038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jcv8skj7im9ddbmtlgnpq7ba57/75039192245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9ngqnhaa00lcq3c2m11ngjen0/bijaxide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/nudozafirogefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/8165247490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095a0c1ea939---dajebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpkprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/votogelaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/mapopigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be13401dad53abff3ba7d346223aa693/96189953430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799311e7134---pevolixawuxevinazusufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglass.sk/userfiles/file/fuvejijon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenhousehotel.vn/uploads/image/files/24538076886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=rick+and+morty+pluto+is+a+planetPDF 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_off00010d55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D55 11024 bytes
SHA-256: f19be06b6894f488048e623790d62a47e4f9c20ed805ddb07dcbd6982f453117
font_01_sfnt_off00012709.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12709 17932 bytes
SHA-256: b8962d24b1a3a1ef89d9420cbe9a0beb2e4eba52e20efcad8ab360b029d76d5e
font_02_sfnt_off00015625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15625 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1