Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a0223ee3431e173…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 12:26:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dd42dd76b53f4ed490affa5a3a57aeab SHA-1: d50f5e54a66255eea3d4096a48f4dcfb6b00ff2b SHA-256: 5a0223ee3431e17311a4851747111cbab870ae12b71c0a11ae012699759ed8c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's used as part of a link farm to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+stomach+really+hurts+after+eating
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff5b8d0b94---xatonizij.pdf
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/92209667056.pdf
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/64789318990.pdf
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/zujifijubetejalawomima.pdf
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dea54d1f2---79158672622.pdf
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722c540cead---povugogotumadereke.pdf
    • http://vagtteam.dk/userfiles/Files/fibazekivevuka.pdf
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a7a6ba5c5---disopuwojukefepapenin.pdf
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13a308f28002dc58be87ce61c7b761b6/dokixo.pdf
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607315bb3ed81---47571812794.pdf
    • http://kwong-cheong.com/userfiles/fefifeponodik.pdf
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a590830f1---74481960510.pdf
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/2843762979.pdf
    • https://its-bulgaria.bg/files/file/83477399581.pdf
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608673e6aacb8---lezuzewavab.pdf
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6052941a7d---82871090619.pdf
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/vugefakafinalazeku.pdf
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3jbles1n7u1b6hjjipbi1uog37/28789975007.pdf
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/32917041028.pdf
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86k7u4ihu9moeftnrkdqurvq9h/19426085722.pdf
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bbc120c8c6fd07c2a8f7504101c4f94/72178169836.pdf
    • http://catgarner.com/clients/873270/File/29999377802.pdf
    • http://hvpeds.com/upload/contents/file/20109421124.pdf
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e7575a9b1---92984418319.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_off00012065.bin
4c75078950c6790236794816f47109c74702176baaacf5f2e90752b17bbc854e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12065 17296 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014d75.bin
bf108215b556b92a7d92d0ac1ab11d8280572823329cc7bab0e89a880a81acc8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D75 10988 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000166d7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x166D7 16792 bytes