Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5740fd4ee0a81424…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 12:12:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 73c5a7fddffda0cb37a656900c014da7 SHA-1: 67a90d2c34b4d1bfac35e4075d33b8714c3d9f12 SHA-256: 5740fd4ee0a8142442c1c36cad2904abd1fdc17324bea1ade298dc110dcb68f4
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 embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI heuristics further supports this, as it indicates the document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful external content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pharisees+in+the+new+testament
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ea40865b8---89532114400.pdf
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802e43ea26f---94827543423.pdf
    • https://aluminiosarla.com/userfiles_arla/files/80571570670.pdf
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3p00lm79jajlbu5jibdjeah24/tegazozo.pdf
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd35c62e81---38191481995.pdf
    • https://dannysacademy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83347991273.pdf
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da373e6696c---zivosajo.pdf
    • http://grapevinewinerytrail.com/clients/876125/File/47102898552.pdf
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0531973932bdc0e9ca0bd6655f8f0531/beruda.pdf
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfa404a6454---firefok.pdf
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c3d7bbc3c---19261524289.pdf
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e2966e2b8---81248677304.pdf
    • http://namlongprojects.com/images/uploads/files/24216283084.pdf
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c657e34799cd81c3d73138da56816a95/22495531281.pdf
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/zosopomi.pdf
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/bejorixoluga.pdf
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cea5205cc2b1ecbf737df5f7659113a/filegiwabov.pdf
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210521141724_n38ez9.pdf
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77e043bbc1---dilopulivumirunolusakazus.pdf
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/45358369926.pdf
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5b2ba280be---legolekuvofitefodazaboxis.pdf
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4d3c9d105adbbfcfeb5e61cae139c93/93965326655.pdf
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/wukekibawaja.pdf
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/49538178932.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_off00015391.bin
40e607e96700848141b83910c32d0199d85a69d6d559464dabb8c200889a3d2d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15391 10292 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00016a9d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A9D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000182af.bin
fd02ddedfd37a08dd638ecdce833ec71477da7925445a90c22c92dcdd8576459
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x182AF 16788 bytes