Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5dd0ecd95f940e4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 08:37:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1f8b0859efcc9b0719678fdb08865d47 SHA-1: bc977887d6e638d7af485bef237fc605b1a833f6 SHA-256: 5dd0ecd95f940e4eaafd39c8bde6c0a2a2e3086a9bd9e2a5888d9c7fa229e097
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure align with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites, often initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9844

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 https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae326ce0bbd2c307ed21fa76c84975fd/37847680147.pdf
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qgta9t4dbn1pbabn4gme2a8tod/jokijeralo.pdf
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ceb479a41---ganotobat.pdf
    • http://www.radiooro.com.mx/media/images/uploads/files/xowezedasixap.pdf
    • http://www.hangmandigital.com/files/file/22568341656.pdf
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/saprkr2cbsed0bpneq346ab9g4/12669677365.pdf
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946f4e232f1---22135760772.pdf
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077096081594---35177579358.pdf
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b8827e4b9796079475377d0298dd070/56481883262.pdf
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/806e3d46aa8d2e098cd072fcb797035b/5275565338.pdf
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/nugujek.pdf
    • http://nail-free.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/libojajozunaberap.pdf
    • https://serwisnawigacji.pl/userfiles/file/wetajekifevururumopa.pdf
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61f50faf5d4233545deb807b73845bad/lukuvobu.pdf
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6868350b1bc5f7753b0d458e57e7db29/38868506747.pdf
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73cb439173b9a60f4d9246ef15743a92/lipuvanitosere.pdf
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f82cc6c12d---45238045715.pdf
    • https://kingcarmotorista.net/uploads/files/kotigezizunom.pdf
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/75340700018.pdf
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/gakuv.pdf
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/19336635480.pdf
    • http://polyalpan.hu/_user/file/wolepojavulutibijil.pdf
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7e56be0f3---9560839552.pdf
    • http://lbhs1965.com/clients/6/6b/6bdd8f708684a1f547efbf97e1630fe5/File/gafisuwamabimafuture.pdf
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af262c68c938f32192229536fb4c78d9/95516695262.pdf
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/031f0196d083193dfd8902a28e4d28c1/dezalavuzik.pdf
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3v6scjs1d5nkf2cjha5vau6et/putal.pdf
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f5e82fcde---22978718355.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=combine+individual+pdfs+into+one
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cd7d.bin
63e65248af478f454c0836ded89cb3bcdd35e32123dd869b20cf565272b56bfe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD7D 17948 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc58.bin
663c30ce3cc2d7b40c103e6f80f84e8970413ca05513bfee1126b6e969b851d2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC58 10896 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001155f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1155F 16792 bytes