Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5be273357e6e71b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 01:57:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ac4ed2940bbfbc5c295a7bec9ba70c01 SHA-1: 3d31ee5a76b938a4b74cb7a253bb64bbf1ceb2c0 SHA-256: 5be273357e6e71b974e8378371b0ff237cc8c4a11519753629f23de5655ce21e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or hosting further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of disposable hosting suggest an effort to evade detection and distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ae032931f---mofinade.pdf
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00d6596282260f5e945d29cc8bba2994/widorilivasonenoverikul.pdf
    • https://avistravel.ro/userfiles/file/49505244373.pdf
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/89066282945.pdf
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf911c0c686---juzonuninotof.pdf
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/nawowakajasatibokuzoxo.pdf
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/725875125.pdf
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c36d9ec0864b99d3ba3ccf54818b268/68288695261.pdf
    • https://thefencedocumentary.com/adminfiles/file/72104728265.pdf
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4656a7bc8---69970116185.pdf
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96f5d85de6f1239036775471cff8cb32/sikafasijevo.pdf
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3babfc3c3e---73181791094.pdf
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/gajuxixo.pdf
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rr7sdo0not30285k934l0avbp4/3218146349.pdf
    • http://xiaohecollege.com/d/files/26321860265.pdf
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ngf8hfrdk5m03jgcvumctnbh5/47726897984.pdf
    • https://ystechpro.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/91790814212.pdf
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a19534d68---84086208480.pdf
    • https://aventura-agence.lu/userfiles/files/89861571054.pdf
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6ec1d56054---damepuveva.pdf
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c50393b7bdb---90638007984.pdf
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/rusorogeronodivemujuxugen.pdf
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ce01rqhcoa5v6mlguc2vj3r2/76941418216.pdf
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/8509649553.pdf
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f4b88e9de8---84934986395.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=battle+for+azeroth+reputation+guide
    • 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_off00015190.bin
62ab09fde4a9656d525229f996ad736bed4efa634a3510b77fb7260feb99fbc8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15190 10824 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00016a43.bin
19daa962b668757bd03abcae8fab6645c21ecb4559e0fc02e1570c46999ce228
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A43 17580 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000197e2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x197E2 16792 bytes