Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fc018ef18b7c46c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:21:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 972ef0a71c6ddb6decfa721ef88a6e08 SHA-1: 32e10101a8fb73067217bb035d3071fef9d8a390 SHA-256: 5fc018ef18b7c46cc5ff55280889f69c59b8bf12c06d6c51ae7d2739bff894c5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of an embedded JavaScript stream further supports the possibility of malicious code execution within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8d3ea540fb---vegavaximuturu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f751ece55b---7576952616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0172caf2918e87e9396ec99f0f6baee/45808491275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946c3a0a32b---22649535564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/76255410286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4e7f787efc---jopomupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saint-florentin.charcutier-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51389549206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familie-schiecke.de/images/file/5521899633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07f0136ef34b09356e5e8afbafad3606/jutujewuvesilevominu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-wonders.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/zitobimoteravugejuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jozasukuriximuzilupexofok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab7c8a6948d9e15a96e56a8a11006ac0/wufozikufawebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5f09bcbebbb4edb51888d116984a133/buwifox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tythb.com//uploadfile/files/70159522173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/99228033542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/padiwogewepowikodiwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7496b0fc5d---62526734602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2k19fkurjps6vmbbav8vu7i54/54752954811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aaddf0ebf8b2467a96c8002d07db690/98436635838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parc-hotel.info/file/folorulukakuluzosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nematixatuwilevisuwowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maschimaurizio.it/userfiles/files/morudimenoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biblioteka-koneck.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiselovazex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=1000+inventions+that+changed+the+world+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_off000109e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109E0 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 18766c726d240b6272203f6425e5a599fd72094dc22457e561dafc32e213c7a3
font_01_sfnt_off00013925.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13925 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001513c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1513C 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 58185918dec3f964233e07edf5da3664a167a5f7822c26d54b4a84db975b6bf7