Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5871cd2017ac8bb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 03:56:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5e703c92552dab441b346d262cc3cac1 SHA-1: f169ddc962dc0195e460c6fd79a45574c68488b4 SHA-256: 5871cd2017ac8bb714933ceab0dfdb626f907b9f45cefc4ef79c8b3ef645ed13
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to external, potentially compromised, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855e786eb6f---13088887344.pdf
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/9002705930.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82aeb650d049418759f951d65ba0dcd3/81222554249.pdf
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbje00qgji8c62fgkebaeepaf0/vigokoritiwa.pdf
    • https://daismene.it/file/nopebakilarimaguwor.pdf
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/35074503120.pdf
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43a8f63976---52746891638.pdf
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef8dbbfc666166102255b868caea437e/zizexod.pdf
    • http://straub-online.ch/userfiles/files/fokopuviruvod.pdf
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c59fc76bd7df48163c29207bb23af68/92080883510.pdf
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/sizevubikenurigi.pdf
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf38dcead6---70195735328.pdf
    • http://danfilenemd.com/clients/67744/File/67127335996.pdf
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gapti4uhh5cbg4nscuikbgfg0l/kiwonojajixuwabinizijan.pdf
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965df098a52---86863848092.pdf
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a30d54f6a---sokaz.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6e7a014dda---bezikiturevezigiliwosene.pdf
    • http://dagmare.de/userfiles/file/51914925303.pdf
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f46727ebb93bb37336cbc8eacf4e3c52/jumokobutulepe.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q445tq3lmnmvspm49n5tp7dfd4/firipodawu.pdf
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c6ddefc07b19917ea0f23949854dfae/54101405893.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=in+darkness+there+is+light+bible+verse
    • 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_off0000eb61.bin
83a9470f304e8d7b75020ab5dd66113c15cbf4b0eeb49173e1176d77cf00a050
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB61 16788 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000116f6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f0d.bin
52c3d5b130d4fbb3adf4f5f5e4dbeb8a0e92dcb02579a475afbbcdc6d0d2b5b6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F0D 10656 bytes