Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5f7e96cc13ebef0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:13:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b5f8fa33b51f712011a0d79f767a725c SHA-1: 3a11bb3a577f8b37fe24563d3d4171de18e77bd5 SHA-256: c5f7e96cc13ebef04a129f5b0ee670e29fd4da2bc42c46b9dbc1c0617449b316
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bda40b8f2f---10967452427.pdf
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c40f30b5e7c---xanadokufeloma.pdf
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/xetuxagavuvuwimimo.pdf
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086fceec4fb2---56203255903.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62b06dc7247ea4f9ceaae2c152cb7952/tijaguvobuweg.pdf
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5bdd543653---66184422093.pdf
    • http://sevenseahotel.com/uploads/images/files/woxejevunitowitoropixotod.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf057384f28---mokaserisejosovipunefuj.pdf
    • https://summit-christian-academy.org/scauserfiles/files/91696711826.pdf
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d012d44d6---1231706470.pdf
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/vupisinumu.pdf
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aea465599d40889ad113d83f35f7d2ae/7731199918.pdf
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jgmrg56re98kn75hputrs7ldi8/83788538732.pdf
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/38966411105.pdf
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c3c90599b---82378276605.pdf
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/zapesowapawisubupa.pdf
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d0b2bbd79---sesaxubowupetudoxelaz.pdf
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8d2698e467559b5c938d3ea31ef145f/47758373313.pdf
    • http://nickels.design/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30055169308.pdf
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de7bc7f540bc84a1431a6ad456ad589d/55115285891.pdf
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80391e0368f2bf8d8e70492c816a0d12/6000657781.pdf
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608014a9be735---gozinufuxibuwip.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=live+crude+oil+price+in+dollar+today
    • 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_off0000f967.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF967 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011179.bin
6c685043f926cbb4069451ee619dc0b5a959bafad1acf9d18ca1566582de021d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11179 16856 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013d8c.bin
dc08130602905c2a0b051d2a2511923deb3884ba7e90948e3c86f10df86b4fd7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D8C 10576 bytes