Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ca7c7b768cea6a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 18:09:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 6ec40321db76a31b818bbf11faec6ab6 SHA-1: f57b341b60af08606173611dae15ec5672ffdb82 SHA-256: 5ca7c7b768cea6a8605dd1f0e520eb66c6c64b0b34a1deae97b0fba50c397f0c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of numerous distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters indicate a coordinated effort to obscure the true destination and potentially leverage SEO tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b022c73e5d2---xirezamuwibufovexeteta.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf01785845---64876368346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a9e3386ba---wakepaziwigep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fab7b33132---runixutibezusonibugepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/pepuwijegofukerataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2dc5a57da0---wisafekenutuzodiruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l6glj1k7ri4ogkvitluaqttgfr/36802662802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/khj4u1fvrqjs8e6r3iib19l293/79063350060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biotledlight.com/userfiles/file///tuwikupopogoxupoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f58d9c6a60---zibelibodabidoxodaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/8701465403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40ffb574b2017e4907e2c35940b5efd3/21429208274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/tajor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/153499751260dc0880a24a3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72b7525fb7b5d04f37a3ae32bca324cc/dunegozezopozabejixuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44df9ee120cd9cb38d4ec7303926d105/81907804446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/kizixowewalupide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb7ce66c0fa---34309932452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac190a0675---21530856304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlongprojects.com/images/uploads/files/53307476068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/53792171016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4403209b7---98238599528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a44bea9a39df69fb6db18731a9bd0cf7/37101806540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d74e08e8176c18330130b5d2ffceaf26/66347088456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+teach+your+cat+to+stop+bitingPDF 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_off0000eb6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB6F 16436 bytes
SHA-256: b1cec9bce72bb4b472236866d66e31553a2050c3c3da2b6dc357aeecf9a45e2c
font_01_sfnt_off000115b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012dca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DCA 11036 bytes
SHA-256: cf1c2716ea594a48911968a4a1af25198225be2958e9e9bb8886dc1d9228e3b8