Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5e5cec186179b53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 17:27:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 24f6ea7636bec88d6f29100abc6b1606 SHA-1: 2c47fd660294d16d0f4809c3b5949d6079e7d68d SHA-256: a5e5cec186179b533a64b8ec4efc06763b0e4f7bf90ce750382f35adc50b9295
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites used for hosting files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of link farms on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9784

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://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbe73b391ed23ce8cc445a1e77db4cbf/34745161335.pdf
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/30212323621.pdf
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/xuzebamedonumepefobol.pdf
    • http://sun-tes.ru/files/file/rarobisibakozaperosuxin.pdf
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/52757413084.pdf
    • http://clingac.es/d/files/36637409779.pdf
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dd68231n6pei19gk649l8nt60/levufaroniwul.pdf
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f38d0b1db---86083209574.pdf
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e5e76a05de899e74a1ae917a9e61576/21663005116.pdf
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbd3ded9df0c30a9277860882b87115d/51565195245.pdf
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/wuwamuvumowimod.pdf
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/894099cfadd5d9958deff7cf9ed167f2/fekuragidoxugotujebizajod.pdf
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df7287e7e6---12630384302.pdf
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bc5e04070f785fc74c1050391b2db03/23752665407.pdf
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgsooi71rguvii1jp4ml2hh5ct/kesavuteg.pdf
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f6f07caf0---moxilajipepujojomitat.pdf
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dilogopex.pdf
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814f561d8b2---36758718334.pdf
    • https://cytairtool.com/test/userfiles/file/20210619_88396.pdf
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/kojulokixofojitarukiv.pdf
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/28637788228.pdf
    • http://absigorta.come/file/30024412178.pdf
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df419f79ad084e3bc174d73b1ff5a503/bevifudub.pdf
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801e1174412---gibelopodadewerukuwasaf.pdf
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/zafutikolujalen.pdf
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/130ef752b2e29e145546ec83dbf352d7/gedexok.pdf
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/gudefivironegumotimugek.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=neighbours+20th+july+2020
    • 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_off00011d35.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D35 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013547.bin
81c75d561c2bc75fc19e10d90e337d576778809e5e03478d4f8543164379e03c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13547 17008 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001615f.bin
3e8cec3147964b93200ecbf21f33a9820c759572eb2b900078887711cc27c45f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1615F 10824 bytes