Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5af469b8d3ad1b94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 16:23:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c269da7758232a5e321c1344671a6a4b SHA-1: 69f6b02fee709ca816353ea3c1e840c9005b06d4 SHA-256: 5af469b8d3ad1b94be86b0eff5d65dca9e18c40ed08b667180d68957f68d8960
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to exploit users through phishing or to deliver further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abcee01932e---84837735197.pdf
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0de126476051c8db356bc635a54c14ed/sanizagatinonibuvidasokis.pdf
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811e96511e0---67078285615.pdf
    • http://simkoongschool.com/uploads/editer/files/vexuxoxusalabewuzefurinu.pdf
    • https://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/nijibizup.pdf
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/gibizafarapezuwigifasum.pdf
    • https://novahealthclinic.ca/userfiles/file/36097249650.pdf
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c99200229b92cd1c70fb6cdb877549b/vixowatawasurimijimemuxa.pdf
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ntfbjvlmdql8s38eho7al29ke6/raxotu.pdf
    • http://abbwingslynnhaven.com/uploads/files/xegiwadiveke.pdf
    • http://abwmountvernon.com/uploads/files/didibenoviwozomolofes.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea4f6119a1---42979465509.pdf
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e12eac0806a---48279844156.pdf
    • http://m4klynchburg.org/clients/3/34/34420611de4c9c7593cf5e5fe12de6df/File/95191592859.pdf
    • http://bjsprt.com/uploadfile/file///2021051216241133.pdf
    • http://glotecgh.com/upload/editor/file/88548252216.pdf
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160bae298113ea---sebadafo.pdf
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rejamito.pdf
    • https://clove7.com/userfiles/file/jowixaneri.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b5ef726e6---tunezoluzefo.pdf
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b994c79da77ca3b0fbb41d60578ebcfe/44108732499.pdf
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/binotobodas.pdf
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ddf189473---lunakakolivalesumefewa.pdf
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4252a511d1---65515326427.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=frumious+bandersnatch+meaning
    • 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_off0000ee75.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE75 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010687.bin
b9dd85cae1efad48e3a0147b2643702a9e146bfbd9139141d3c5049bf4897808
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10687 18160 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013680.bin
6601694109ca31bc70b1922c5b4623ecf97a119d3683fba5c6337ca14eab2e63
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13680 10988 bytes