Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fc0ad54aec94471…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.3 KB Created: 2021-08-01 09:38:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 30418cab95d966d80d36a60c1a9e32cf SHA-1: d3bf449d0f18cdee76c81b13fef645a6c3ff0615 SHA-256: 5fc0ad54aec944718e59130dd71529d776152d02ffc24dcfb823aea7330e9fe1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+acrobat+pdf+editor+free+download+for+mac
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/48821280565.pdf
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/migobusufofaluxamixaseno.pdf
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca2b1af60196e69466af3f06bf8201e9/jonozapowinumevamareker.pdf
    • http://ithaca1961.com/clients/875375/File/9750470925.pdf
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/forudizolilanakigib.pdf
    • https://aldurra.ly/images-editeur/img/file/pawuxomok.pdf
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f041b38ab---42707926359.pdf
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/10786848939.pdf
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/fineziwawalumidaxexib.pdf
    • http://jgbt.us/pds/userfiles/files/57476727236.pdf
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be80f73f86a---92662697691.pdf
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59f088d2ac9b89cd3bb284aaa8c82c8e/38048447048.pdf
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/41089920986.pdf
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e306a9bb0758b8c8412dbca76b6f245/19339410691.pdf
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0b2a0a801---542570746.pdf
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd1d39049e3---59739312058.pdf
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pagozi.pdf
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9946d07407ce1ac782dcaebbfc2e2d36/bosapiduwetakoxago.pdf
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bedc975d1a1---77783893315.pdf
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/zatowipubonoza.pdf
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b79cb2504---47561433174.pdf
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tolcl6dqmo91740ul8ki6e7s5e/51387486686.pdf
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10e083679b---34010375585.pdf
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5cb85420f---37976804847.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_off00015f77.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F77 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001778e.bin
eff8a2ede89dd8337f9892af7afcc56e42ba63e69dd7e7128c27daec639dca84
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1778E 10820 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001904e.bin
4a714ad88333918ca4d2ed9228eb64fcf5d790482bf7ba0a5e0edcde53233b02
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1904E 18088 bytes