Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c76b90b681c7200…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:07:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f7ce15192f1624181bfefcf4df7ade40 SHA-1: d5248a4116d106c1a08e84b3d45255b3e693ee57 SHA-256: 5c76b90b681c72002e2eabb597dae22a3325c8572bb73ef2e65aba9fc2ad162a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing lure, potentially leading to the download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/57703994732.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://digitalqwerty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolugeridi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingpoggi.eu/userfiles/files/pukuvupugawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db5f0ee274b---defijaxoduzewimopesasoxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608703b51bf9b---wozamebajobowera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8457f256ca98b9682347d66a382009c/85296641535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3tbii9u1tbvln01m6tbtejkrd1/gobisoxobew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanhacollection.com/images/files/83733408060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/91787055201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/xematiguzorof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74e6c1ae753cfc335543513866ecac40/35463240907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/72273491778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targhevaticane.it/userfiles/files/juwukifituki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecoil.com/userfiles/file/52676105150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanaf.ru/userfiles/files/38739643600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/82185050733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/jazidudajibanoxenofujiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/wivowelipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d6b3ac6597a69e88f39a503233f2c6a/sijosenomififudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/mopelivojino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c00e6saej3alml34gur9cuvuc3/5579110615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/woganuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzcce.com/aimgs/uload/files/18089588511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olech-rzeszow.pl/userfiles/file/wujona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=uceed+2015+question+paper+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000de7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE7E 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 275a9be3b64fc56c6f9ce79264a9c9c8f27bf18f3c928edc0f7b0b5cacdfaf2c
font_01_sfnt_off00010c8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000124a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124A4 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 89b872b110dfd05f273b1f5b777eab61db160035c65b45eec4395149b0043eae