Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d426002e5cd88cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 05:45:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f210df1ab92338c9079d9740155142f1 SHA-1: 1c27c225da6853542ee95f47cdb394893732fdc7 SHA-256: 5d426002e5cd88cc3bfacbe0e4f56ef955cefd5234122d13325b07820d85f754
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination or to spread across various compromised hosts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+sugar+is+in+a+bottle+of+pinot+grigio PDF link annotation
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8840152bee---tosaxudapupajusoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0266055e52c3aeacf7209b0936884a4/xunipejojufodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc93b0cdf1d---vokexefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/36882080009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffe0d71753---22634568920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7967e473ede1ac6bdf0da7b6d3e8c56/55231701362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0a7fb8688---25683659440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd9290baff---zozewusud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b871a467e5d---51709116418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f32a3c415aa076deafb16e8d50440eb0/posawipugisumulixamaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc7083a0859---giremat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160868e4399e42---56349563764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fe5333ccb9b77c048982eb1a42719d0/tifitolibiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhk.com/files/63844105805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757c8ea7415---8987908156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7eece0d1b37763f466c4f3e2b3a8970/peguforutogenuwitep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencerenerji.com/resimler/files/foborogugatujunofav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/53809836860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgefamilyreunion.org/clients/86186/File/11851847585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/voguxone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba93aa5b7fc---65959643849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8694e0329d77838507431231021028a1/1999167569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22778282bc---zosile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ghnservizi.com/file/tagisigixerolajunek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f79e94fd8ab2985253aacbabf28dda15/38842057868.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_off0000f95a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF95A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001116c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1116C 17756 bytes
SHA-256: af010f95898b2ba640e2b3ba82b5571ab1fad38f034744b26247365a573ddc7f
font_02_sfnt_off00013fb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FB5 11244 bytes
SHA-256: a5fde9675bd306e5c312113e503b8017b9c2bf1506b07ff55d006714aa9cf743