Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5de1c412be314b35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-07-29 19:55:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: f4ac868af0d8fd925fcbec3bf374f3ba SHA-1: 2ac2b98c759dee910b2ef480e5feb02c17181388 SHA-256: 5de1c412be314b3512cf1a783a7b8999316eb8901ab37c153ad8522243b2a144
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of external URIs and link farm indicators suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

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://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e21d3eba2f0---39527065049.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161025bc8f2a57---lasametokal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e29e273ac381460a51ddb4f0fa3faca/36258749058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/464fa7f9e101559c35f6c59d9197dcbc/22306692006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a3b1c7495aef2564bbc492b88d31b86/90705715470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecole.ru/text/images/file/5617644862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/ritakazekinopava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc0c122648---45027727970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160955a1e3184d---10675313839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehwa.info/uploaded/file/jerarimimew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6nvantob62umo15str3tt09a4/51453254137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160912b151fd7d---34206191021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e478053cd2893be83c11b14138b74e8f/36437621554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3aca02de5a2708b9b0c1199fc8513b9b/bejemugozit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08df66233db5529747abb0219634c75b/wogazazibix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f832aed923---nakizerawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c7af3fdc5---vepurovimedatawonirulod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a738930b0---7358870043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldurra.ly/images-editeur/img/file/kapawusikeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/35780331570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/20204587732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/gixiwoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1b3529691---jotat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae3bed573e---dumiluvuraxusumokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erictex.com/ufiles/files/namovuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81932001004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/pinofikijopewipes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=claim+evidence+reasoning+worksheetPDF 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_off0000d02d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD02D 17340 bytes
SHA-256: c9ad71629186c0cdb204a13b762af017a14c1f20a83b552448cff40114267a0a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011570.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11570 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 38906dd9221b3daee751c927ee1eb54f932339f577d9c5ca001b57ab43a7555a