Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5c9196f39fd9e4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 14:56:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 81124ce8a0819d16954edc3ba0bcdba0 SHA-1: 28c85e54be3d214abe5bee417d1b2bc267c622e3 SHA-256: d5c9196f39fd9e4ae0b760b24df300fdfcd7a72b3a2ac735a52c66e4e354834e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of form-upload plugin paths suggest an effort to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782b40bb1a3---50726276886.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wokenikilenumij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gosejd6kv07n8lv2cme2amuc1p/56223364699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610491a0d0908---31831490224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a88cb6521---denegamojunufidazamumuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/en99rip4qjqvdpehji96vpa1gh/78595526666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a211890f5ca---33240548519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cortabellanews.com/userimages/93214906880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dooroc.com/tk/upload/file/vifukurobegoziwowov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/rewufagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3be7832c522d758231426b527a8148af/5550533728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4be6b94d1fc62a2cbccb49b898c62fb1/puxedizigurotoserafujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afq58ers6ticlc2hqr0u1e8434/52395288675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienlongadv.com/upload/files/wafutonezawekaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gdoqe64bhmmvjp3v3mufcn4vnb/38373427446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160990418e6557---zazelarevisofije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9de387b82---sinamadozojeremufabit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dikajikamakedexijolew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e020be4c63---sajoxixoguwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021071304302280554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612953e30fb37---32365672728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fioredda.com/userfiles/files/9566719264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a4bf73c7d6cbe8dcd5c119a1644c684/77423684210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160933c7b479d0---51171350527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kinel-hunter.ru/upfiles/file/xuwazupulonemivenejekok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=metal+forming+processes+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/nasipoluwuf.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_off0000dab3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CA 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 703246bed63931465e705302bb0f57faf7da6f3fe17e8c8993c189776f83ba5e
font_02_sfnt_off00010bf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BF7 15836 bytes
SHA-256: 989b0bf5ecb5ca7564a021655255966eb4c96cf29a9caa3a09ce9ae87aea4976