Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dca2e1863a7262f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-10 01:17:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6938392f487e09812abdd8470d7beb60 SHA-1: aaca922bc16269e35e55b4e6d98542db9868786c SHA-256: dca2e1863a7262f53c0683c29209b0c778bb6ded1b56c99240fb7812d68a3323
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of multiple external URIs and compromised CMS upload links strongly supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=enjoy+being+alone+quotes
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b949ed0348b---xuwiwaju.pdf
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b4a0e05d9---88293827765.pdf
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738e4683aaf---virujigatezezu.pdf
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d292ea645c---4196782316.pdf
    • https://ldoris.com/upfile/files/20210708164654.pdf
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vg6hmp7qfo1ailjaqvmaeoaa5s/retolenuleralirulu.pdf
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b51d9f2d5d9---fizodajisodinewujuxowelo.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2d9b9afac---jewopekofugawusino.pdf
    • https://taxiparga.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4160f078174709b386f161b590ee4b9b/46905774588.pdf
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb5de74e47---46680656425.pdf
    • http://boeschfamilytravels.com/clients/43210/File/28655931428.pdf
    • https://songhong-thudo.com/img/files/85935120148.pdf
    • https://jmcoverseaspvtltd.com/uploads/files/80833514412.pdf
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/417097e75aa0a56bb4263fbc590dc16d/xokil.pdf
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b6lldi7prob5fstv3ih5dvg16/80410760199.pdf
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17t5a2jhsq3junt51tq474jjln/sepolobuxelomegotos.pdf
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b88c885910---momuxeded.pdf
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fhtdfldmr84mvcjbh2ntjfbojq/31885345340.pdf
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/bevulovipifuvilu.pdf
    • http://domplus.su/userfiles/files/3701469793.pdf
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nhqlg0u2mpidlhtdgsqq6aq914/5803263803.pdf
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/navufetiruxumoxoma.pdf
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/634e173e3e08304b9741a5e548b97375/xemuvubalozefujufa.pdf
    • 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_off0000e768.bin
21cbcdb5dba1a5c553f20171f9602626fd1a72b5ce5400f87f877e82d61bb6f9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE768 10796 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010018.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10018 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001182a.bin
e729ad07c7101f12fa1cf3d19619f0abd16b228aa820ff4774441dbfdd881850
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1182A 16824 bytes