Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a3761e48f083127…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:46:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b969c8be6e8dbc7e49d2baf11cfc0873 SHA-1: 38063f9fb136ddc6be9700d52e2ac3f9fb31fdc1 SHA-256: 5a3761e48f08312718fba7255f4494518ac4ab861005aaa6a1e77fbe37e69785
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or exploit vulnerabilities. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external URLs and the high detection scores point to a phishing or malicious redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=physical+and+chemical+properties+of+monosaccharides+pdf
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf738115d2---loforulepivumixu.pdf
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608282717b915---30020913439.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e296e511ccb5ab9c09bc0252c4c552b6/xakokinaz.pdf
    • http://emurus.jp/userfiles/file/lewofokujizelufomofikoj.pdf
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91330761b18b2a9cc2d10ddd43e5ffb5/43505946094.pdf
    • http://premium-h.info/files/files/8404655654.pdf
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22495502740.pdf
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/vemanekukitabelido.pdf
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jqrrbg1rk04or5uhof3dv3b286/rikipim.pdf
    • http://jpmoto.biz/upload_picture/33254108421.pdf
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f603bb4e65---20928686306.pdf
    • https://mujeresenmovimientoplus.com/userfiles/file/gupejo.pdf
    • http://immobilieninvestors.eu/userfiles/file/fibunolemitotaxugonomuri.pdf
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832633ab6b5---22719025288.pdf
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c06a29d4caacd7ae3f1fe2a4c687cb42/93436894168.pdf
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/19626006129.pdf
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/48049584794.pdf
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e062270d2b---78281936729.pdf
    • http://apsara.ru/userfiles/file/zufitanixajetepafolufosij.pdf
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8f352f011---25083240169.pdf
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608756e3ee195---mopimuwezisudusog.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_off0000e142.bin
33de8fb3a88523f2e417dff856b39407d287f72c76bd2019fa16ba2a9b4fc6e0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE142 16712 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010cb1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CB1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124c8.bin
74cea6ea7b509857e4f214ae787f014372f084249d5a45f6202e9e5f882aed6c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124C8 11000 bytes