Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5370c49e5d832019…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 08:56:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fd92655f62e21a1dd7594b0940140029 SHA-1: bfa36a6f1aa295e65a3a4af43ff5be04f9db823e SHA-256: 5370c49e5d832019571985165a0fb5497ed28d7d1c917c8d66c6cd1c4b7e1480
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, specifically targeting WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as a distribution point for further malicious content, such as phishing pages or malware payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7f1a3bdb6---gesimido.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa5ecbbb35---bipam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/fageluxatoliwimedovafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d86ba7cfe13a60813f12507e2fe2556/lelakire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73b9d742ec7ed7fa1341020012b4584c/mamakeduvoxodisetutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/6676469306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f43364128b---39734963919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210630_062417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/soganifikil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80f54cd32f26c89188bab25b5e30be36/4827659278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f574de9201a243d6887cdf9c422d9e1/siladizugusodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23e530381659b07113191fe2aed55e5a/4559384642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6943ea077---zebilota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74eaae5dd28c3f5b4325e00fdb2f29bd/73086511719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073bad88cee3---maxuzekumuxifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/7308243682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/93539294979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21effff638d13d47902198c2ba1d32de/pepifipejosifebuxesuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5807a56a10---voxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxiporec.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrl98np0kn1il3oitcnldud91c/juwafope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4acb443551---kumumizavexepaven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c007e5298522aab305108a53d9f4dfd1/vopusiwevelita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883d8ca982d---pedulamugobit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/nupukobusakawase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=easy+desserts+to+makePDF 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_off0000ef57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF57 18040 bytes
SHA-256: 206dfe4f5ca66b7ff42e734490f30127c204a75a0e2c9dacf0e0033f6ae12ec8
font_01_sfnt_off00011e22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E22 10356 bytes
SHA-256: d9a3c3b787ae85290f566ad32132ad2b73dcce0810c864527596d4103e57efac
font_02_sfnt_off0001359e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1359E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1