Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fcd19a743042661…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:19:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2ae0fc44f55a7b2c0580fca944e72c16 SHA-1: 592f46f3bdda6aa4f10c5784bf15c435b8d25dfc SHA-256: 5fcd19a743042661ce73f6552794e7f90c0ad0252694037e15a66ad7ec3f7921
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and numerous links suggest it functions as a link farm to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=punctuation+worksheet+with+answers+pdf
    • http://kleinschaden.expert/userfiles/file/buretuse.pdf
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/3848724875.pdf
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea224b5aaf---62912208155.pdf
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210802/file/16279179486869.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9d78a5fb6bb6ba649ae6eb4709de785/34692088295.pdf
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/gipas.pdf
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/69480296840.pdf
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b23848326---satewo.pdf
    • http://fluellensoflandreth.com/clients/b/bf/bfbe38bd58d8cb8bd08b82175287e3b3/File/30308878897.pdf
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/zekokivolugilokeperapi.pdf
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/wafizagaluvejal.pdf
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmpiaukaiafgeno6m2ks7klq2j/kamado.pdf
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/fevikexig.pdf
    • http://laxycoffee.com/upload/files/lexurugogarafowopolimimom.pdf
    • https://stka.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58144070022.pdf
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/wujepezawusuwowikoz.pdf
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ae2b179c2---jalasenetukubarijosewilik.pdf
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccb13cd97e7---rawidabigufozinazil.pdf
    • https://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/rogigijak.pdf
    • http://englandmatchshirts.com/assets/file/1584514879.pdf
    • http://tks-forever.com/upload/2021/08/28/file/momegilapetugavuwebeg.pdf
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd28c66e0c1c70c2b4530490c07a5124/wenewifatojugisaz.pdf
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/kejokomolawonunitepow.pdf
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/60050303588.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_off0000d61b.bin
7bc13b34ddcc4bb75704eee34899f1b14c33dde2db1e82cae9a0145f8134b959
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD61B 10948 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef8b.bin
71a16af0320970f078453e4cc727d0cc584f7af8dccdc7505417f9b79ae57e3a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8B 17028 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011b70.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B70 16792 bytes