Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f9c60fa54a62cba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

158.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 23:43:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 73bc0cc57d3196debe88130ce3e32e64 SHA-1: 29e995b56b9cc5051457f65fc60a7d6521a1dd1b SHA-256: 5f9c60fa54a62cba6ebfffa0294957848dd5341e1e3e55c218ab4fd0066761d4
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using numerous links on different hosts, often with UTM parameters, which is a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. ClamAV also detected this file as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4799

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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=higher+secondary+zoology+lab+manual
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/fumefitebubutikaludi.pdf
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/49947609285.pdf
    • https://bio86.net/fichiers/71410221499.pdf
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/nixaduzo.pdf
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/tutaxiwojabekafazexe.pdf
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/lewusokoroladaperedefibif.pdf
    • http://xn--pr3b03lcdvwu9dpynqkc.com/DATA/file/20210626135424.pdf
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7j5h8v0dga09f668g26spn2rd5/32531371479.pdf
    • https://shiokerbau1.com/contents//files/97084900245.pdf
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021061714450395342.pdf
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfa8b332e6---zajaru.pdf
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160accd45c8601---81821108996.pdf
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2155bed2d9---bigikigavo.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d69679ed0---45111840809.pdf
    • https://vate-tire.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/418164e23ac20209e2dbd2610773e8ba/vogik.pdf
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/sugijigixironuvajobenefax.pdf
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/gixukar.pdf
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/720j4ge11qh402jvn628pb9l86/lapukuvog.pdf
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786d1e70596---jaxibudevi.pdf
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef1331bf0fc9aa5103b1c9c412eb338/73708438468.pdf
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786e396185b---35023583251.pdf
    • http://lagostena.it/userfiles/files/toxifapopileramasuteb.pdf
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sglpdnsacjdko3dcq4d777l1k0/82166250203.pdf
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqba44n0oeom5r5mvm29pgtp7j/5537134856.pdf
    • 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_off0002177c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2177C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00022f93.bin
d9d9389b244f0c4da262f9e55e4d18813eac6b125b0dc793b0e64f6bafc9e0fb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22F93 11124 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00024914.bin
76a8e91dff72d523a039b2a4922f565968fb42d91caa32a19c059a3a1e0ef615
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24914 17876 bytes