Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5759006b19250c36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-09 12:52:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 197ad68d82d5ab3052a45098e668032d SHA-1: 56200d8265f3bbbe352102800fdbcd5b0e4da580 SHA-256: 5759006b19250c3642726f083eec18cb8c291fbafeff128848d2032eccd467c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites that appear to be compromised CMS uploads, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier also indicate maliciousness, specifically flagging it as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to potentially malicious content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1p49rl0309rirehfgf7q3k0s7/75768788784.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af25a1f13d---65133542771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57caa7f5ef6d6fcf2a35b8061aea06f7/65818900663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5978afd0d---23589919078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micro-churches.net/uploads/file/nuzowovujefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2db9eabcb0---13153199685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b52bab268---99901893000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75f0d24a26e92832013fb5498fb199f9/xinonovizumogakitejegobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/39392508031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d87716e0d35ddced81d2fd091c733484/toruwikijip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anm-av.de/uploads/files/sozukemekumunoruwamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd2c054f80---3128838905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44a3e1e05be6fd343b5d4346f16c8d4e/sizijapudugul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e43531d93---fonowalelavitasek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/10666002342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/kegasose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/20236405832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://100tmt.com/uploadimage/files/20210708122238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/surumuwedowepuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotellemaritime.com/hotel/upload/files/25466610769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/mijixut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa685ff2c1b74bccec6855382af74871/nazukuzowakijobugitotov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b249bd61879---lewupenizapemekifuzuxopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=cooking+silverside+in+a+potPDF 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_off0000ecb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB6 17048 bytes
SHA-256: ea0c926f2b70a27a1d86c60fe97b0ef97e3e48742df5df9d9a401e565cea2210
font_01_sfnt_off0001192c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1192C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013143.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13143 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 408cb654ef9498598668aa5025394b18a368989a3069c9c9af474e47a35e99b6