Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5de914d5c73f56e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:20:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: fe06d88766afdd6f8646d93774f7349c SHA-1: 2125a86c351469430c528fdeb6e348f12409b633 SHA-256: c5de914d5c73f56ec572be96965d0e3cef37a538860ab6ebfd1e5ff791d805e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9a923ba934546150a3189d65bb5f99a/zolepopelew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/39826694162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nashcentralfalcon.com/clients/d/d5/d5bea9c86035def548a020f7371d19fe/File/58992836848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulsamemorialclassof71.com/clients/84987/File/wojelunuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/limizebosagadaguwomisogoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/baxunimuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsospice.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/21655009760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://52fotki.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juzexumax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d97754a0e---liwutumiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e926e2ea0---vebixijorupexativ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/zuxubepokufasadatiwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kuofg7tl65bp5shr79uvi69oi/vepetilotivijawibajibagiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-orlandini.com/userfiles/files/fapor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.q-jin.ne.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74751554993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenmodels.ru/uploads/files/kanezezeguvokekawikib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d07795f04b---51234413350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a679cee12---jikeduvoboxatedejevisedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9meclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujirogesenovem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/5218984674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rs-entp.com/upload/file/vawerikekagasesalivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakkue.com/contents//files/41146145089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--72c7caerxx0d3a9eve.com/UserFiles/File/zuvurusigorinepoxiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caa4324dfe5---29501453148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lv14hs6v2qprl775ankqmfig01/wavutofiwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=region+9+zamboanga+peninsula+pdfPDF 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_off0000f0c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C3 11156 bytes
SHA-256: f9922d4a9e513ff9d6fb450911b679e36863fe484bd072a0364441c0a43e6a0a
font_01_sfnt_off00010a71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A71 18080 bytes
SHA-256: de69b6bcb11635715146b93b78f62e234b592917b025b0105eec599fc856b6d6
font_02_sfnt_off00013976.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13976 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1