Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5579167a177b52b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 01:49:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 028f82d650a74f4e134b9a5b398c1c28 SHA-1: e41d85821709c2b0fc4c98cbed0407c8b5fb4968 SHA-256: 5579167a177b52b5b2b4dc4d2d9cc2ce1dc31931d72de58bdd4b43f1556fe10e
164 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 heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure suggest it is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content, likely through a phishing or scam pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9802

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=12th+history+one+mark+questions+with+answers+tamil+medium
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763cfbc3072---lijegalavukenimek.pdf
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd0199c601a62d45376bcb519603369a/36803086995.pdf
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/fadofemojizilu.pdf
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04ce3a5a3b655b038d8bd40572d772a9/65766517098.pdf
    • https://service-panev.com/userfiles/nomowiwuxupigus.pdf
    • http://lokale-uzytkowe.pl/uploades/fckeditorfile/xowexoxesebalugug.pdf
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95q94j2thl16surlmb1fuds751/52623026515.pdf
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i31k9hh6jqikfusa7gqjj9oq0k/dibuzewixubudifoxusa.pdf
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082656552bae---37275517886.pdf
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d2bfb977d---82325797202.pdf
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b395e99018ba2d7aab52685c579c11e8/ninonitavonorapon.pdf
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/doxagixexodo.pdf
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/wisazafi.pdf
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b546849f73---7243428668.pdf
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c119fa8d38d---sixisevo.pdf
    • http://zge-led.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/57431892863.pdf
    • http://carneslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zivon.pdf
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe73bbc845136a5a9a69a4be9f647f1c/wunexumurinofabamuzo.pdf
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/nazimupukexiriwela.pdf
    • http://abwingscolley.com/uploads/files/62930899737.pdf
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ac0d7e889---lagagozeredoripeme.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d69cf18bfc---wemariribirazufoviteviki.pdf
    • http://jsdarvin.com/files/lawujuwuxusoxuwew.pdf
    • https://steammining.com/userfiles/file/92326400659.pdf
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82599cb6c6683bdb123826aeb1fd567b/742165733.pdf
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088241134c7c---mifewaliweradujawavu.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b6ea845d9---26171025134.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_off00011f04.bin
75886ffd7bf9def698c36b1f230d7041d2f203312c0cb5d7cd20f09ad79b585b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F04 16860 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014b0b.bin
b83c232ada86c346179403f25d66faade832b2b90e15d05de4bda3c874359a47
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B0B 11124 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000164cc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x164CC 16792 bytes