Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5ce3d265395541a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-18 00:31:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8d844d02cf83a73d7fda19ecfe272349 SHA-1: a08e8e0b60ff08c3c4de9d65002e83ff3339e4ad SHA-256: d5ce3d265395541a0a648b35279a19645f802d0c2899b85260fac237811e20a6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, specifically targeting their file upload functionalities. This suggests the PDF is part of a phishing campaign or a distribution mechanism for further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8d7b271552---52564697759.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.toeterloeh44.de/files/pexofusakesagiwororudomoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/585de9545b75b3fb07da1646c23607c8/jupemewajisufavilowufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a848e3c2928---23041114392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/zelijovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607843ac9ad50---palujego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secureyun.cn/uploadfile/file///2021070812371055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/3835754598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklinbristerharveyfamily.com/clients/a/a8/a8910385c57dfddac3c6311e2bd1422e/File/17095322578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1626240035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c621a62c3---xagedikogexofiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f683c32a4c41161c249781368759c6e5/forixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darienhigh69.com/clients/866565/File/rojatejinabalaxubefimuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a8bea48663e3664187f7cc18c325471/witajekevinom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tsj1r9h8ulf5d3e0brgm056pmg/fepagovavomevamemimed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a6eb3c56d---fijomudutibipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f8caeb18d---jinan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbamantra.com/ci/userfiles/files/xiguwidapaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a440d06c0ba---xezidozogut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbe16bb03a13f59ee8af5f1b35420344/15289844619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beaed7564782f974969b7f6fea4975eb/vabuwojajolobozarapekod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04c334e27477cf79fad562952e39450e/dojaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78497424257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=sky+on+the+day+i+was+bornPDF 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_off0000ef34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010746.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10746 17352 bytes
SHA-256: 210128a91d0f5010f5ab0a5d00275d71861b93dbe866626d5c94f4fb061705ab
font_02_sfnt_off00013471.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13471 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 535329c57e476a889bbb719400d4b0a53c461821f07cc1973ee7139a7d447c9b