Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e2a186460db2a09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 14:20:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 821209aeb7a659d1bf3cfeccf12824db SHA-1: 31b403baecc17622ef6dfd52a0569c9377edcfb6 SHA-256: 5e2a186460db2a09fe8e6d3523b223a8f246a4917da2c04af4ffe4725e116200
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV both strongly indicate maliciousness, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure points to a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+50th+term+in+a+sequence PDF link annotation
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d3cddfb48---panojuwezufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad7617bd690---rikegarezuvuxinanubeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/zumezupires.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j2sf6lg2id77d3r5vlbi60bd81/dusavidugewidigaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3c671aee5---migufikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/76932321396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66a6d0ead983ad27bfef535d9992d643/48443987124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/758db6a8827f836106dffa3783c6e9b9/newuloterazasovobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/nulojenerezobuxivow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/funuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607433899adec---18080987413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761138af568---sanogegijabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/32637374635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://summit-christian-academy.com/scauserfiles/files/40039427447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/99636926109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/batide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74uotm3j5o2imhif5qurfo6lf4/gifatixokepuwusoludopav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb8a1cd1b3---36058160726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edanieltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210624_7C67E42F38E1911B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/741e3ff5f0e0caf1bfd40e16436af75d/14770453063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/dumaxonixarikukejukuseba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tortsurprise.ru/upload/redactor/files/nemikoradazowibukuwitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ililm1r8cnj1aof10bq2b797jb/wabevegediporedawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070584c491af---96065954582.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_off0000c59e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC59E 16880 bytes
SHA-256: 3c98e1cf2a337491bdf345bb0b52a6d769054244c9d710a7ee67e1ab5d8d3781
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000109f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109F0 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 8c80da063b9531b24d8f53643fe203da444d774b7700e55463372b03ec79edc5