Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5957a0e1ec3bf3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:02:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8fa3fc5de1cff7c78bacde4d0ceb38c8 SHA-1: 6d95699b1a7cc91f8fd46e7887fcba72b3e0cf96 SHA-256: c5957a0e1ec3bf3cceed5b7a3b9bbd11a207c5a069cc02acfd4fc35268ad9106
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results, likely to lure victims. The embedded JavaScript and link farm work in concert to redirect users to potentially malicious content, as confirmed by the ML classifier and ClamAV detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gigabyte+z390+aorus+ultra+lga+1151+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c41fbaa62b---vobavefepinegovokisapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f5d061101---95684302928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/jenuzufojozasajarose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ena2mbhrrfreoek15h7rs2g8jk/57744623048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64109966928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/58023407165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/59811985404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hangmandigital.com/files/file/noliriwujilozisupofagil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5tk4ke8pfcjk602admo1hhutk/puketupevibovorise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/davaniduguxalas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/002356a50d22a1c0ccbc82333fc3daa9/gisuwejopimaluvekutelekiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9023a8e66---zorekuvapimiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/99277932380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicyazd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruxase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d35a44b8f4---74169348258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f5b27b1c7b5863ede7b66fa0f1c3c27/ligipimurowavofolawud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2349baf859b437f9886e98753256d7df/22304495422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wadsoda.com/UserFiles/File/84888981225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6f8af6ac9a---76945593264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongthuydotho.vn/upload/files/94144384896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cppzone.ru/users//blogs/file/xuvigamutazanejosere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietspices.asia/uploads/files/ritogurugutelufumabak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxe-pools.fr/i/File/81819231991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/vodosipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eakqshop.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/zinikasekolixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukulivermore.com/uploads/files/92933360612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e0c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0C5 19824 bytes
SHA-256: 8b113b34c5bf551099098e87b3d2ad0f6a379ccf81d2e29246025d8a3f57563f
font_01_sfnt_off000114c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114C2 11552 bytes
SHA-256: bdeac9a29261891a3e5f88bff9161a36855ef6cc45d78d950219a8e4214d87ba
font_02_sfnt_off0001304e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1304E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1