Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5960c0184308d0b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-08-12 14:56:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f7b2c6ab57c1e75b3ef1b14b645393f9 SHA-1: 9770f7cef2908bb12b79f11be70da687991c48b2 SHA-256: 5960c0184308d0b3fdbbb790fe2859c03bd05e327e66b98eb96dd79ff7805406
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF document contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 https://edarky.net/data/file/15085757978.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112b0c9484fe---jegunadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/61222501885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd1c74e8bc---gazadigenawukefanup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaimano.it/file/41865594582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bf69adb12---36256236651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161038660e8c93---94174228302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/41443461169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/felufobasawopuvotuvena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsogno-bomboniere.com/userfiles/files/62758564413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/vosofure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2810d19f96d3d5971bb3dcf2ccde1f4a/98248781748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096858739c4f---70641677848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://problemconsulting.com/img/download/files/108265886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aescantabria.es/upload/fckeditor/file///visifebajelabawev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdgom.com/upload/file/210705040549291759jzcui1xw0jtb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/dadanesotebise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edmaker.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c991e46957a3031d99f883c3cf7aa2b/xonulosamopozozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c55cc7cc2d---76934211113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gobelsprofil.com/upload/files/43943243363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assistance.uz/images/shared/file/47587426045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosgratuitosonline.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1iagtjq3ff8lfi3df16e63ii2j/78589543193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c83c9a0f1b---34351370531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.almansori-ye.com/almansorifiles/files/63451474037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gidaero.com/upload/fckeditor/file/70695151164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=plato%27s+allegory+of+the+cave+pdfPDF 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_off00010695.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10695 10916 bytes
SHA-256: f9a192d9165c447ed8c1c0a8161e2f906b97f58ef7bb71cad340488325deab6c
font_01_sfnt_off00011ffb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FFB 18144 bytes
SHA-256: e7dd458786051465a3624563cab110941dda006022236d15eb29c50ad181e6e4
font_02_sfnt_off00014f69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1