Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5022db153e20f698…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 14:37:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ae46467ba6b8c47dec2984f7a7b5a7a5 SHA-1: 3b1a2b315328fecf6e1899e210e7f1e1d9299552 SHA-256: 5022db153e20f698b17784b6f435c3d5d2f3f8f4a31e599d8c0e013158daf859
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF format itself often implies the use of embedded JavaScript for redirection or exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd84c31189f---salowopowebaxazevakuzufaf.pdf
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e4dc9b884---libixibo.pdf
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/tovananurenexeroneduna.pdf
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0d416bcc17---setiverinekarubudefomas.pdf
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74263c19ae6f88fa39899020480acaa2/35528046817.pdf
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfbab23e87---56387418116.pdf
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f96fc3541225a5d64e6513ed44e05a8c/batoposiganilesidono.pdf
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a0c62a20a---lugudelevekisiv.pdf
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/rodifufonifobaweb.pdf
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f28cc108a---64551286824.pdf
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc83dd704a---gekuvi.pdf
    • http://ip-golubev.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetezovezinunololovu.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0rqi1h1s8nfh9esqpln5lqfk25/nafixafadodakewezaf.pdf
    • https://volgogradexpo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiwetuzodolozudomamix.pdf
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc11a3d5c7---1607625714.pdf
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608655b7268d6---25674644924.pdf
    • http://niszczeniewaw.pl/userfiles/file/juzepurukenu.pdf
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904146837e8---somozonemesatugaw.pdf
    • https://altbuket.ru/files/64149944703.pdf
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787e0158478---23630819297.pdf
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/fukosajikovavejaf.pdf
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec77553ca4---60924713303.pdf
    • https://detector-billetes.com/Imagenes/file/gajikapojuxetatabuzesagi.pdf
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d576a0c2b---roboxigabazijivik.pdf
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/392d82a0a645bf551ed6acde72e552bb/4519985100.pdf
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/bagowujaja.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=cat+has+scratchy+meow
    • 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_off0000f118.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF118 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001092f.bin
11ca006a1aa4afbdc35df173408dc4f35ec90eedff3837b4e0169a470f862b1c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1092F 10484 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012131.bin
4c9fbf4544aaee7a46d2060bd89bbff433baf8a0f48022929fbc83244540bef3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12131 16480 bytes