Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e747ef4f42fe159…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 14:50:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4f7c53d12c0ad2475f8383d84809e3c9 SHA-1: 41d3a9e2db67aa776b2650abbdbf2f4c12f601dc SHA-256: 5e747ef4f42fe159d4fe320c467218db8c359f5e555015aeda91f64358c3cadd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it's a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The embedded URLs point to PDF files, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the PDF format strongly suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content, likely involving JavaScript execution within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hht11qh5nh0piob3b6igemmscm/88085083210.pdf
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8de6a290e20afe273baa574b7b1e24ac/51778799007.pdf
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5vvj8daivs0gdkccoi4fiq4jln/punutex.pdf
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/162375870356.pdf
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec412e39a71---larekapuxuwixaroz.pdf
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9620637974---74437125647.pdf
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d37if01sf7nh72nvo115omlil1/gubewenewosirogenula.pdf
    • http://veterinariogiardinelli.it/userfiles/files/mifedo.pdf
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5bd634229d8f353e22a1af72701eacf/48054339878.pdf
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/zewopanes.pdf
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/44218098956.pdf
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/suxurupazopekoxoximower.pdf
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/12381554875.pdf
    • http://ort168.com/upload//ckeditor/files/poxebivivulirerubo.pdf
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/utsn8b163ii2fibecofsjr388r/87520678893.pdf
    • http://oroblupiscine.it/userfiles/files/25779714505.pdf
    • https://orrizon.ru/images/file/tudek.pdf
    • https://ntct-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/katapinuvosoxir.pdf
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/lazipa.pdf
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d6926f1e1---44499311796.pdf
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d2c0a54e0---pudimutixebopopudijowa.pdf
    • http://monktonlionsclubkidscamp.com/clients/9/99/99b8b5517e5fb663501b7ee5137ebf55/File/dasibaju.pdf
    • https://mamo-tato.ro/userfiles/file/gaxisemewivugateg.pdf
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a2vm1qglqfu1gm8dm24c6cd50/jajupemeneliwuj.pdf
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/pifujovewidikemaputufirik.pdf
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ede6fa8bc74---dakakiwiwonenoporurinaxe.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+send+meeting+invite+in+outlook+office+365
    • 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_off0000e5bd.bin
3bd321620838b4576284ca39110f34722cd3d1bdfff7d22abd9e8ab54bdd43c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BD 16916 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000110eb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110EB 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012902.bin
ee4c3792b2c20b7c98a53fc39781f3b2b0133d0d182cab4201c7de3e22c7637f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12902 11368 bytes