Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5dc79637f761e00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 07:35:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cb05f120a64ae8f4f16bfbff346e35db SHA-1: bb4739f1978365f35f0cf4d09ead7e8226f8df15 SHA-256: f5dc79637f761e006313e2d1f767b4a656ea94fca5f23781135dc613a71e8e44
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised Content Management System (CMS) upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or redirecting users to malicious content. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised infrastructure suggests a campaign to distribute malware or phish users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/menel.pdf
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/enrn6uq3pj733ke35d4sq8mva7/peduzubokegigagasiniboda.pdf
    • https://dalilak1.com/userfiles/file/gopek.pdf
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842d171dbf4---tipugexugolusowuxunikajan.pdf
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f272792eade045a7d7731736faa358e4/86352483709.pdf
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/47008005115.pdf
    • https://isosklo.cz/uploads/12126965155.pdf
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/28673056639.pdf
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4c779bde6---13991806644.pdf
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76dd7d27d4229da4b306221ba0b1b6b5/26583230849.pdf
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/gagikojamumenojusanibefam.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd58dc7a76d---71171412392.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60bb3c01f28996837ea4a3f17741ceea/tiruvodokiga.pdf
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7048832d32d019c29184b344d0fc2630/93260179869.pdf
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1117c3937---57751075643.pdf
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ke9b54b5elbgrkuk5nrnlj7b4/kawajijolamewigiluj.pdf
    • http://caycanhtuyhien.com/uploads/image/files/77568898383.pdf
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af3cc7d9f26---safukewar.pdf
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63f1b502ca---3587675951.pdf
    • https://eghamatyab.com/basefile/bainbookcom/files/40564328996.pdf
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aibaceuten977ibue2khj36nf/58589434028.pdf
    • http://rubensova16.cz/files/file/52461162990.pdf
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/106361855160ad9fa74c868.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6dbb1e155883b0782e973d203b84aeb/rapizomomigara.pdf
    • https://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/14793960532.pdf
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607797f47f011---dagax.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=faustian+man+in+a+multicultural+age
    • 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_off0000fce8.bin
43ee57f34f355fe080ec6f3cbf3faa0ce0ce4da49a3660eb44b079017c1b9cae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCE8 10528 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000114d2.bin
052d82dff498a9a40d0620e8e6052bac84d613c1a896df9260cf6fe50b421c77
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D2 18764 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000144ef.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144EF 16792 bytes