Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a5c6de4f0823600…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:32:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 50e3b4aa9409081e12e61d434d0735a6 SHA-1: 19205ce32d18f40f8755ac2de60cff32f89c5e46 SHA-256: 2a5c6de4f0823600d0dde07e31acb1a2f30d0e3a78fe5748baa107da69d4cef0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, 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. These links likely serve as a distribution point for further malicious content or phishing attempts, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fd14c09e9---68201504121.pdf
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0da1b3fe9b97b564096f69f09238e95/58034775213.pdf
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/317166b713c112839c4a54394c2321ba/wipur.pdf
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/mobojezekovijupudedobure.pdf
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2s440ch0eohbn114c6fcel9t52/lopupefozepagujerusan.pdf
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd440edcd14---gumosipubobozadon.pdf
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddef16a4650f6789f09386e6869932e9/levexasopuvapi.pdf
    • https://webtechnocrats.com/upload/file/pajogilekogexetonorosug.pdf
    • http://rayer.cn/d/files/rebamabosevunemuwukiwavoj.pdf
    • http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/jufabugakunowomos.pdf
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0c23b95158a0e9b45bfd60db123aea5/31901529.pdf
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161141261a1aec---fudidamuvakugu.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e4ba1b4d1969837b73dfbfbac72622c/wejavolilur.pdf
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f002a145d---57091087300.pdf
    • http://master-br.ru/img/file/34057650968.pdf
    • http://travelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99616159540.pdf
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17ld3vnsisdnharcognvfa5l0h/3318604203.pdf
    • https://anne-berger.de/sites/anne-berger.de/files/fkcfile/kotef.pdf
    • https://westhigienia.hu/editor_up/magukokaxupatuti.pdf
    • http://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/vanunemit.pdf
    • http://circuitoinsulargc.com/documentos/file/goliwubedijupiviroworu.pdf
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76d82456a890d1ed288794a9f4daaf33/72197998860.pdf
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bb442370f09ee6d09792a73a8b1726a/97171082956.pdf
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89v35tf01pc17drtjke8m14k6h/ziweduzonipesabupumasini.pdf
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/979909a6e9ac6fb96588dd39185d0071/zatixojara.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=nelson+biology+12+university+preparation+textbook+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_off0000c57e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC57E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd90.bin
3d941c6034ebf0df02f102cdd1b51013a09ebc3170ed989ac1e478f19e277435
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD90 17284 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010ac0.bin
2c6592870b2c175b92ff7833876ecba85164bf2b3c9809014bd2bce9f5ac8e83
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC0 11436 bytes