Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5df720d78d4671fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 15:51:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1096807437baff13f62911e668ebb5bc SHA-1: 66543b346515a728480ec2dc5395ca23d0663bf0 SHA-256: 5df720d78d4671fda8a62950b4fbd59b8fcbdfacf89a33765cf9399bfc2e1cb8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4222c296ddba10ead45c56a14c4a14f8/68184298084.pdf
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/811c1bc6b59319918a405b715322b673/lovovakazokif.pdf
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ee26317503900f316a4d38af2534f46/fimevaviguluropi.pdf
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5tan846skepu1fd7amv86pq1s/9256126464.pdf
    • http://emilymillerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/52109685549.pdf
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4be800785a161eb05edc41d4b9b8ed84/vetelubuzax.pdf
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/68437183704.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9e206078c---95888325285.pdf
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60fce7db01e3bd7babcbd098b84107b4/71883565901.pdf
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5196164d9b6aa39b955fc6c064681a3f/fexukuva.pdf
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c989748e009c748af71fe0c1f3729af/xaboju.pdf
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160990f03ec822---63955878472.pdf
    • http://fanti-fitness.pl/uploads/assets/file/sukutebutawezewisibuvezuv.pdf
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3984fbed6ae053683bcb9202539c6fd1/kovitewopipigipewo.pdf
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/mazirijunof.pdf
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/phtl1ccmrpdpmsb0n0uaeglnsk/71361578411.pdf
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e99a8022d---binogezo.pdf
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba249b3dd3---62948869016.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be917c839d3---54739954866.pdf
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5104b2d9655659b33e76eaa63cf59cae/relowefixatokudadofip.pdf
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d5f051cefce54b254c170ec9844862b/62747125813.pdf
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/fezuwewasagowijafo.pdf
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/66253998996.pdf
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/jitusabi.pdf
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/674470148.pdf
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/lifetadeva.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=converting+multiple+files+into+one+pdf
    • 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_off0000f61e.bin
81bc3393d8d3d69e7ddcbb86e20626e3ca0904639c2ffa099072dedccd8698cc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF61E 10876 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f11.bin
2639a8135739034a02fa61fae1e5697dc5ecad0b614d2299967faea4450f384c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F11 17456 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c75.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C75 16792 bytes