Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5697d2eb058af8c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:15:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7c508347e3a480d9e391f2bf1a1e360a SHA-1: 33bfa3678a54a46f81b16428f8cff606c4be9bf2 SHA-256: 5697d2eb058af8c8ea17cd413ec69071faca9c47424cd0b48b17b34f3bf25607
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or phishing pages. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised infrastructure suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or facilitate phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8cff3156fa---93884931029.pdf
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ef77e5153---notejorunebavezetuximu.pdf
    • http://buffagiuseppeinfissi.com/userfiles/files/bakosanukebumuji.pdf
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/depobuxoterizatiwu.pdf
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/68861579520.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbakn3aoflleitf3m6a.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/95294203814.pdf
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/zutizeloladoxaxaxuvexig.pdf
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a62b5863c---22371598987.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc19c8b890---fugikujonimapijonigasodu.pdf
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/tobakifelas.pdf
    • http://meskerjager.nl/media/files/mulavebupezamazojoj.pdf
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b4e98e3ee4---susipuxibobiveximopurus.pdf
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/54219538773.pdf
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5e86c672bd479d8a432c99685304b00/62657032861.pdf
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/jutilopoxigap.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d7d165e4bc---ribapogagawizabavalesow.pdf
    • http://mastersequipments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4687172786.pdf
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dc509542a633d85fdcbd49498e02fd9/89138335739.pdf
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/31157021824.pdf
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/36109370698.pdf
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7307856e015ae2671739ce31104d33b6/naxawolipigupetiza.pdf
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/60003953319.pdf
    • http://xn----otbb6ahq3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wobufux.pdf
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bdf986163---sunuzibole.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=livro+engenharia+de+software+sommerville+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_off0000cd81.bin
d9301f411ba1ab67fc49ca572b44d6b45dc5e99b84f9795fff47ba8535e19b3f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD81 18632 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd67.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD67 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001157e.bin
faaa0c044f3e42f2122d82f7351b264ba02e2de17c9c50ca3e827af4f0657604
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1157E 11056 bytes