Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c6947622facc15d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-10 13:27:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 024755bc3a452c0eb1021e3c3d452c8b SHA-1: db5fd5e135235d4da216425030d570b80d704f0f SHA-256: 5c6947622facc15d97bfadf2352f02d667708f0df2dc9ba34af2df0109ec8076
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to websites that appear to be compromised WordPress installations or other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct user-facing content, but the heuristic findings clearly point to a link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af785283624---44972265383.pdf
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6977cd1dca7e777a62af387d6870b25b/15370126143.pdf
    • http://mazraeir.com/images/upload/files/jerikametubirur.pdf
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmd51oe1ll18clp7gtgasn8tra/rilar.pdf
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/51664554288.pdf
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ef18222cc02b1e502a3f63ff2016dee/levopelitawomurosit.pdf
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/71328234111.pdf
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/98176495802.pdf
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sf04u9b27kml53r46cce1ohul5/sijuxa.pdf
    • https://vieclamday.com/userfiles/file/luramelaw.pdf
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b67c1350d---27756545574.pdf
    • https://fong-cai.com/upload/files/70598743476.pdf
    • http://rurisnet.org/images/file/74227797590.pdf
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850588cd5ea---mapitod.pdf
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7dfcf57e14---29289256281.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f19e27010726efd000fdcb1107f2332f/89592400250.pdf
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e7a87335deb345a5d232137f081ef47/97625145346.pdf
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4680be9f43---xerunukagaranowuvugeli.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad76aa2d0c85ef80491273071e39999a/84667610604.pdf
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1651ca8c8491d6e7340c29b12a0a5d62/35839306356.pdf
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878afe68c98---42430316920.pdf
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/10650005099.pdf
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/vukabepujefepujujik.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e190ed7556---vuwatozosedubunovi.pdf
    • http://mediedil.eu/userfiles/files/74816477392.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=kooky+meaning+in+english
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off00012b70.bin
869151a1fe32df8a2e603d69d5df84a87f08f66fa85c603cf34a86129b47c730
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x12B70 18788 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000ce19.bin
151e0c26b9e3b844d1aea82e5db450c18cd7c32027b021c23b3f06bde173761a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE19 10552 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5ec.bin
78cde6a2f77dadc58a09cd397404f879767ffc00c0aac4edd3a87a4921db1824
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5EC 17460 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001135f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1135F 16792 bytes