Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e9351f6a4d170e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 15:14:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e193db5dbd6b3293d4e4e75c6c521149 SHA-1: 2c3d491b561a265cf99e4d306c7bc8eba45e869b SHA-256: 5e9351f6a4d170e5b4252c0cbaf3dd6bdb0c827db5f0ffdb8dff5bee1f68a8e2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, specifically utilizing form upload plugins. While no scripts were extracted, the structure suggests it's designed to host or redirect to other malicious content, potentially for phishing or SEO abuse.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

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 http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb0b1d3d6ad---buvawomopalanenukax.pdf
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50a9593e1a0c002f700b5f222b3aaba7/28435033992.pdf
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbe011aca4a---5343120186.pdf
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a41n8emu4l4t51ulr37o2jusbp/59898646127.pdf
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2d8250148b---voxawivexazeko.pdf
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a803cb74d3b---gupoziwifenifum.pdf
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d0988ccc8---78645274111.pdf
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a660459da8e---kazizivotujosobivorivobi.pdf
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/89720838968.pdf
    • http://iehyun.com/editorupload/file/70727707866.pdf
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/53151498858.pdf
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/75464877656.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acd498368dbaa102281c3a704a47c516/xibimijalaxamuwoze.pdf
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8da01d453---mokudibazufasanokajeto.pdf
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/dikovojidoguka.pdf
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/fuxuze.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fp6pv9quj11vispsdqcr42e9j7/7997860005.pdf
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f68d90af8680f3c3b8ba2c6450d8de95/vozisokewenojob.pdf
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d730ad44cfe---74760086944.pdf
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdbk68grbi1572tp6tddsb7fdt/xojidi.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d410cc19a79---74651014463.pdf
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202106121205.pdf
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/lasapowivupibala.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e0cc0d717---98323377872.pdf
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jlcbeerjldsu6sl8s7oeeqmrrp/42488938583.pdf
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25f1bc5bd8---78019487256.pdf
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf73331e1b---8149882919.pdf
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1d22782757---24026237864.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=narsingh+deo+graph+theory+solution+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_off0000c583.bin
6d17e082c28c12bcad0716b2261a5ebb2c44e521128ce9adcc08cad3f64d2dee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC583 10968 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000deb3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEB3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6c5.bin
b4b273b20e8df958362e9dff5e23ddbf3c67cb84c5299a3e8417288064d0eceb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C5 16808 bytes