Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e97f4aa890fe574…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-08 12:11:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f433820ace1696d30d0bfcfa3ac289f5 SHA-1: d221b303aa86657924a638fe67ecf2d9cb50b228 SHA-256: 5e97f4aa890fe5747f7634f72eacb00eac66c730acb4bc333fee590413bf7277
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document's structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to lure users into clicking through to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0cdf51da8d---24169759030.pdf
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/66541119497.pdf
    • https://tatsolarlight.com/uploads/files/puvojegixumafesan.pdf
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nfpsoanc4qvghh2i8abplf7b07/sujerupep.pdf
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac30b3128ba---gimivupodewavotujutas.pdf
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/fefunuli.pdf
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/63946930371.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080652d2f160---40520302693.pdf
    • http://diacritic.org/travel/app/webroot/img/files/32555357589.pdf
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ba10377d539---zuxagiwukinu.pdf
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/jegenibibizisozude.pdf
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/sabat.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb36a87c0438a8e19638d6392c093638/92130066409.pdf
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/dibawalizipunudebub.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce15a45b5d---rorezaribazate.pdf
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa976e98989---diwikerapuraduwukafobawe.pdf
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c52f27e981c---jibok.pdf
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8276bce7ca40a6a4921914f8dc93503c/dozupenatimimiv.pdf
    • http://scarpatti.com/files/fojobapanaduramufode.pdf
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/bumimudozo.pdf
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d950f42a29---52092932007.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5ap7ob5ttgr2osepj4th3p0ej/misutifibelo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=chegg+thermodynamics+an+engineering+approach+8th+edition+solutions+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_off0000f88a.bin
2cc5bab5c3485f0d203c60e70372e3851ca31d6aa3a39966e84fa31a4067a2f7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF88A 11520 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011380.bin
d4aee91e1cdea4f02be87995ce7d009f1c2ddada2b923057516b4f6a460083f7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11380 16444 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013ccd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CCD 16792 bytes