Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5242f37710bd985a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 10:54:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 16c7c952dfc208395a915356ce58925f SHA-1: e7de5f7b0e6ce80126775853580e3de91a5b1ece SHA-256: 5242f37710bd985a5afe64821b7ed2ebd6ccf3e22af028f9f1c9c9c021d0d5e0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to download further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and compromised CMS upload links supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924a1a546a4---65374720112.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105091833575056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ce74786cd---niwugujefusov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muzupele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-12/20210512053139534031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chroscina.com/userfiles/file/gikovazesukufole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/files/gakokedurugunelivaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b84d23c6943---fatitusutifat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e74e715fa---12083923443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13f7ccd67b---94611899292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fda786024---95141810893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/58032055198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e0fcd6a80d---zufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210516145833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18a9916409---mulaxadokadavevud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2o5sg9eqoluiav21ligkajk8t/ganizunumalaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1c1a333f6---naxelorab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.erenang.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ec0964492---kivifizudixaxuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd1c67091bef1767222ed83ee3337922/tikexadijinevegipobuluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wisumewefipujatutuluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c37c2c3d6048df8b7e125166e13e2b0/bonivifowevukoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/20040546968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuabaoduongmaynenkhi.com/img_quanganh/files/765281491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1t3l6us78aq72j90hr466hi212/49836770500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/ronowejivigebedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/14159950818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pn7si3jbod1j8alf4rljvtsbu9/titekefez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=songs+like+all+falls+downPDF 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_off0001085b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1085B 17632 bytes
SHA-256: fc1776554dee8a2d0067d2d608abd6d1040c39400779a2014b7a3c56c891fdac
font_01_sfnt_off00013630.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13630 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 71f24a16e813623544eec2b9872f140e4d42b3bd2e9784b838fda3d18ffa3c41
font_02_sfnt_off00014e50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1