Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d394fae05d9fb3c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-23 01:36:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6257f5ebef51fcfe20f3172f7e9c6150 SHA-1: fc7a00ddbeab04af0a7cf863067b49d793ea5a76 SHA-256: d394fae05d9fb3c5e6bf706074b0f6e1078be4a1ea67bc2c3a18d62c2db44e5a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's used to distribute phishing content or further malware. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56f5e268696a01b2129088e75747ab9e/14022984304.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://veribase.com/E/file/1728768366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cma0eb24fil29rtqbiq4mnuiu0/19820026394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ec6e773ec---62336270488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/tazikiziwater.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1668d289b95818acca5ea6cdda87b16b/bemomaxugusemowiwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bca0c3bd294170ad59c4fe45fcda52c7/94414327845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqv816vhbfo4c1cvrtu1ghu865/11257706470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g477klleskfuf9pe3nvi703fne/9186410586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelewisfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/ce/ce72a6ed4f7059d305e3bbfb121cee90/File/subituwifesetigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetestmag.com/userfiles/files/29220994235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/85110260959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/womawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2f5172903---vafupepofapuxokewotatubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moon-villa123.com/CKEdit/upload/files/kilirosej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/pugoganurigixujipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c05e3895ee---vatavukamatofogerot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aa9df2cd8d3d34b33361ad3f90dd47c/joxulijulamozijozezigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/61297709201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahoba85.com/clients/2/26/26d353b61ac95a99d7df5001a3d58300/File/7945226791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p3tq2c2k3dj7jik1l4m7igfd2i/warulazizonuxidax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b2ec62338---14639129134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.com/app/webroot/img/files/11735914906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5oleb8ui5knvb78u70et99l3s8/39516585514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942744b0051---wojeposinasifojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=work+overtime+meaningPDF 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_off0000eda7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105B9 16652 bytes
SHA-256: 5b9707b8a0f0b3af10f863438120203c2b3acece9906bc9feb882ddde857ca39
font_02_sfnt_off000130c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130C8 10388 bytes
SHA-256: 98852699b8fb6c02cae394fa18e927612f28baadba29658928935528a5c0a372