Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c2729ee1fd3b516…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 05:12:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 613105ce7b59b084456f5d565e988d06 SHA-1: c654581f9dcf89d5202973a0b00a9532bda3f4bf SHA-256: 5c2729ee1fd3b516af844ad27110d3971de67fd72c66314c90a053696c9d6f96
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a lure for phishing attacks or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+interspecific+interaction PDF link annotation
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b12790d338---girewovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbb39524e6681fc0b3f4c87cbee93153/67381325908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/pepadaxabugovapuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapmanhighschoolclassof1968.com/clients/c/cb/cb1fed5110c07f199f416a264ee6943c/File/14429213793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902dd7c9a15---zamamijufiwolotiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2qs34vevsevmnsuaf85t2eqea4/54705514097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160998e14eeab1---jubovovamiferofovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/61425748668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/riwewewor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/jisawegodiwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szwygs.com/upload/55812488840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e748ea3163---bopefifofipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf50c211d5b361e13cf07a172cb2ff6a/tamulakivawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c35e2bdd06---dugilajurorakawux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94e4bb85f8---pitavurorox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mb6udm06pooreitfenb8tpibd3/75459341735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b23a4e008f7---rivonep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/31783781328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fue8b2c8u35l3d343lct51kh5b/36723682643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/files/takewapeterubuwefodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog//file/69583219036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080162401bf4---zutagobufujok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b98ea1abe---wawaduzujamemebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunde-katzen.at/soubory/77975719262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011176.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11176 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 795da89f7bd33571ab2601e87b390987e8463fa0b1349870024f453e3390c1da
font_01_sfnt_off00012a0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A0F 19268 bytes
SHA-256: f8af8cb03445a96f174426a3c92b15a33176e95876bff07bf46ba26127cdfad7
font_02_sfnt_off00015b90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1