Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5abcb61ae301698f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-24 11:54:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2071b4cec7193cff5078a95cc7b4b1d3 SHA-1: f7f97f9188a52f91874a080f24d5e8c520b540fd SHA-256: 5abcb61ae301698ff77572cac99577844baf6854c02808b54864d91b5ddfa5b6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the link farm nature is evident from the heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://tevukasveza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jugurudojoxegopolixigis.pdf
    • https://supermagnum-bg.com/userfiles/file/50696332533.pdf
    • http://klccpa.com/userfiles/file/23300100253.pdf
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/21350385178.pdf
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a507e08b4871bbc75cb137152546305/vinowo.pdf
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/40947375386.pdf
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/lijelesulerirelelabin.pdf
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c579645f5e0---namegivusikezenasog.pdf
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c43259edb2---fotozuretegaginabezawe.pdf
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/62615220689.pdf
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25a097a47e58909caef1a64853f6d399/6631598867.pdf
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/65292300974.pdf
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851abfeffc9---60139629517.pdf
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/bilovawapefikipozozaji.pdf
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ae285255d04cb0fcd25877eb0175373/29405997197.pdf
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bd4c0aed7a8c6626931ae0cabd9ccb1/21617219133.pdf
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606faf3fe9cd7---31054908806.pdf
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvvg201cu2tm2avethinvcng33/denavu.pdf
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/37189009360.pdf
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/37463813403.pdf
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8fe146467f1aa30a9beebad30c550a2/20798098427.pdf
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f19069f4b3---1060736642.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=adjetivos+comparativos+y+superlativos+en+espa%C3%B1ol+para+ni%C3%B1os
    • 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_off0000ee7c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001068e.bin
ef548f8aa6ca7766ac53f1f62e41caf02f8df5ae36da23fd76dae770a974d657
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068E 18156 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013479.bin
70c7fd2d6a34f25a4810cc7ac48a01b4d527b4d47aa7444eea665447db2619e0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13479 11272 bytes