Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5bacc3355c1dc42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:45:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d44b7d48ea222030f33b071f0ed80d20 SHA-1: ab6c2fd5bf72ad8fafb9971e7e153b219865f654 SHA-256: c5bacc3355c1dc4220813f684ea954a3673392849fde026734a833c148321db2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. These links are likely intended to lure the user into clicking them, potentially leading to further malicious content or phishing attempts. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9834

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104ec0b3a95d---9740599000.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/765fb6f36c260a0b05cf27530f8959bc/63690561238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/2805317138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trotusgrup.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muriketiritovafejimofiwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120bd42032a1---24336252298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayoto.vn/userfiles/file/22186789360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://land89.com/ckupload/files/lufusufugevokomidawiwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e145836552---25416685590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc2a2b007e---13164454445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinyardim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/65159753887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0l3ihfgqa946ctdhqan74jpt5p/21857564098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebovsem.ru/app/webroot/files/files/madedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndtgcke12tiinvbvhd5o722b93/21092742351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitvietnamcambodge.com/hinhanh/file/4997305583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/43092939672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e516fb9b2a---4572533838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dralituncer.net/userfiles/file/23532800079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dca350087f0dddef0752bd83827c1dd/xebegipojefabixiwofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103c249d0d84---jifuxuvopurapedavivurozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mehmetrasimmutlu.com/icerik/file/tuxujujagoraduzemidoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatacorp.com/upload/files/pedenun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rurisnet.org/images/file/93461246952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087072d28053---62426736289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportnazona.bg/f/uploads/files/85181385506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gasthaus-steinkirchen.de/img/editor/file/87746197085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085dbf31e4c7---96789988118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/dagibivetevidosesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=colonialism+and+the+city+class+8+worksheetPDF 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_off0000e1a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1A9 11168 bytes
SHA-256: f3d7a3754b4e5e99805d8145a7197763a79c3c3121c576393362631aafe4ba8c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fba6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000113b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113B8 18432 bytes
SHA-256: de85b883bfc40c5ce1562ab782daf431f6582fa639d316e985fc53891f0070e2