Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d7426060fed0614…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 06:37:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 79f8c73f86ea1274b0f0a9e54be94494 SHA-1: d3d9badf994ec0cbee50b4860eb0a40a580c476e SHA-256: 5d7426060fed0614cc94f0cf4387e97d60e59f74141c9a39f5b7314dcd3bc88c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple distinct hosts hosting PDF files within compromised CMS upload directories points to a coordinated effort to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3b8675af6---48364462923.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5b6207b4b---29781289702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ddfaabcd4---41687748122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021053100302795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cba67cfd7b---tenosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliguoriarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/63855460292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f9de5d4a6---91740415954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/74741949954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cea47d70d7ae747dff86d86100a0a9a/87871754863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterjobintl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vibegobakuxibugogopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bc705d4af61af472c35bfed6cd1370c/rakoradapobezepiduxikuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kvho7jfvpph11a46gi57lq8oc3/20944157990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/44082816020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/21601719311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607192df39db3---28349975813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729cd4a1576---75152263685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/xifuzama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibonatura.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mumovigudijurovavoxulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aca12b90e51d504ef0b6e61c1c2e75e/welowuwakogosupilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/64213908887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b20551665fe---75086336471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1572b4923e---fujininagazelasosupefilot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/10706507433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee6bd36883ervb4fj16kkud9d4/24808702169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=shih+tzu+mixed+with+poodlePDF link annotation
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/25435251766.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_off00010bf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001240d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1240D 10548 bytes
SHA-256: c190f0eaa8e1899ce0200d7348d50ca240c2ad143ced04ba529113be93f33699
font_02_sfnt_off00013c2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C2E 16880 bytes
SHA-256: 1a964a722934fbc961ae5090ffd3dbb09c771debcc91e5f5094c3ff21b45df7a