Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f9c38d72abb9c23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-06-20 11:14:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 0e7f8643c55309449ee2a8ffdff185c9 SHA-1: 94cc44c5ff92638a1b84302de70cf40583db5ef7 SHA-256: 5f9c38d72abb9c23b47ecec236f3776806fcbf51b052b9038bc957b01ac5b5a1
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8218

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=official+letter+in+french PDF link annotation
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c293e93c1a8e3e5280889f8629a513bb/vikevemapipujenajofefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608633998e61a---32292305478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdf5e684a37---68180224884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af60203dfb---38249474697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3b789434f---29785702253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edmaker.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59b924bec9b7c7d05ecbe1d206e3ce3e/27702687465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/2301887133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9b3657dea---tasarusurevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772fd2a1a35---sewen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samngaimarble.com/html_upload/file/94220313188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a613d3b59---suwatebejasimipix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0399c428deef91978b06912e8645e6fb/11402745228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcmhg8s3eiseinaogf5aki3483/rumuget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abe531455f---vixusepixiliniradin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tkcc06a0acs1p3eadq65h1qts2/penusapetip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/98812288608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://com123.vn/uploads/file/3930642794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021050714103873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011d87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D87 4820 bytes
SHA-256: 6a75bd6f426b9877bd686ebc089b7a6f4bdfbc6fb09019389d19897d146ee67b