Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e94f89bd4362f6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:00:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 17df015eceba7d9274b4b1a88cf021d1 SHA-1: 86a965420a58ae20e879cae7ef5f40b577fe25d6 SHA-256: 5e94f89bd4362f6d5f1f9021646be82f63b6f8df688d3543a70773e4256e5560
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and link farms on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rescue+plan+for+working+at+height+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd8514472c---45934086725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ff86b40f08d122ae2f1c3638568e276/20406069602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bac113845388753db29f331e432c31c/durovokog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/28280336942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l969empqk18h1785f9rvtjv0f6/76103729068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienmaythanglong.org/uploads/files/21238186840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762276b0254---fapavegopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b249587b6b0fde0b936bea6088b157bc/70099313718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brightwayconsultancyservices.com/userfiles/file/fefakexopurotisugoraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texasstatealphaxialumnae.com/clients/f/fe/fe72632f573fdc77cca6b85875c63e8a/File/84133471775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/doxoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d6041eea0c33499e0beae8ad7947bb9/fakewaroxolojugidosurilud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ac23aef48---70896235719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777bf35b39d---safimotewuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/zuturajovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090751a6e6f0---mobuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d957d38fbe---56919349622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pleasanthillpchurch.com/clients/5/55/55aa087cacc886b2254ddcc242c0699b/File/goxosexini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9fe72685a---paxorutikakelexafoketez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/lefagovumogebigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/sonozajipojezuriguzolit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffd89a95cb06efa848f0f52723160d4f/vimizozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10659d20e0---60535238992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/zijojutozad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilalluminio.it/userfiles/files/wiwojefuzafusopeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eef7468f50a126144d70a518ef460e2/34205484143.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_off0000ed2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED2C 16700 bytes
SHA-256: 729ac38d276f57da102ed6a9d546fe2e9ee4bb0ec2c04bb66168088e66526fce
font_01_sfnt_off000118c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C1 11220 bytes
SHA-256: 0c6e47c23cf907693f9d64bc21702822dbb2586314837bc350e2c2c196c58598
font_02_sfnt_off000132e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1