Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ab420fc56b79ffa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-07-06 02:57:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3a61957823a353697bcadfc2dd433f3f SHA-1: 1d448b0466ad2f75719dffddf9ad661150d0beba SHA-256: 5ab420fc56b79ffa90c1e2a0d791a95ddff5a02f79895f986a0d51306d5b1661
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a phishing trojan by ClamAV. Static analysis revealed numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF document itself contains obfuscated data rather than readable content, suggesting its primary purpose is to host these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4750

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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=attain+meaning+in+bengali PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b02476085---nutivonurujigusudopolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3620907a43---28885872172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m3fabe2eq90k78181lpgkvmafn/rokuxilulidivaxaxesiginax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/gilije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd73c703e8---80209610291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.org/upload/xemonuxewebena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/tedad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ca8f4dfb24a9f8c712e4ce26fdab256/kepotedixojilemezujipej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d59858877---48697179919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d735b7cfccc---pisuxalakelagazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/gulotonogetabexik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75d4c32c7102dde5fbf00db6f25e602a/najizulojeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a188d6705c---85877697931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f959d565d2---vudore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fresh-cherries.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fazew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/60048567128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaoducvietnamtv.com/images/ckeditor/files/39194984774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f79fa22fd2---16064658243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobhendrix-law.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/43881022801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmdfhjl.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/gofejibifonoxuvile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074898dda744---68759657824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thankschicken.com/uploads/files/fokulit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072adce25062---1872489131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kcu1ar45jqinq0j8d3f88oemd2/dodeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA5D 16572 bytes
SHA-256: c8eea3daf364977ca2d326a9c26c5523ddef3a79a3d27bbc588e9c8fc775b268
font_01_sfnt_off00011566.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11566 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1