Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f17c4af5b331b8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:07:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 06c8a43645980b5b467a0d9d74a11e70 SHA-1: 87ef094e8b4acd17d680a0faccb537d3456e605c SHA-256: 5f17c4af5b331b8b3aaa34e7900756d4e89f8cf0771d9dbb224c507bc2750f52
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host further PDF files. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for distributing further payloads or conducting phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608444613b57a---fapetaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/fuverilifukulugipoliva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/gamapokawosiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totoquynhhuong.com/upload/files/61857875211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bccphil.paramedix.biz/uploadfiles/file/86096437245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/15948456121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://408of53crownstreet.com/assets/media/files/90479885326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/tarifegumiwulejufuguzotix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrumbiznesurawicz.pl/userfiles/file/sabudulekufowak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f139263c45efc98060327cef1f995e1/rogezewusegogefugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75ee521c259ef4799f357807994bfdd4/666001540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9683e5efc---xagazamikifuguna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/befidezawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/imrs53vb29gfatr8ob23kk24h5/serujexoteguri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610247dbc9c45---mavomijozemozog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/35498900024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/pukabukebegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dexgerm.com/data/file/userfiles/files/renorowefulobijunolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3465782ec08085d206d4a9dbad56afba/bibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honmamon-s.com/img_seminar/userfiles//file/89558118440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125249aac3f2---nijudunuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vin-baietii.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goripifapojezexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///xotadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=proportion+test+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b439.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB439 10284 bytes
SHA-256: a39dee6835d0f27c3b0750115d9b91383ca9f582ee93ae10897006158effc26f
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB72 15356 bytes
SHA-256: 070cf0f52f9bc095fa1dc1dd9663bd328af144de0ae2d02ae526362fbfb9d71d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1