Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe5de489fb1985b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:58:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5554ac7e342533cf0678a7b2ac61edcf SHA-1: 69ce397542f71ceb839da7d90bbebd70ee0379f6 SHA-256: fe5de489fb1985b73c1c47c518dbdc9455dca14ecfc15d32164f99c4dc2d5a1c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The heuristics suggest the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to various external resources, some of which are hosted on IP addresses.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+sociology+of+knowledge+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56035ac10446727510d919ae1c7eb248/37842502661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee29f344985---vuvudaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b9489f124f6e1d44d21c7241bc4c0f8/fijatetapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yepuco.com/uploads/files/96936872155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmwarts.com/ecovic/file/komozuxurojifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercy-grand.ru/files/file/gubos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdaf1a47ff4---98410174779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njchemland.com/upload/files/ganit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/xadoworakoluzudozij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/32197642632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobaltinc.org/userfiles/file/jakig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae1691fe8f---fakixebaxodutubono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160992c6b0d36a---fusilokaxesetuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfdb8cda912---20780252561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/rawetus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qehfv5fi7b53jj7u7ef1rmgi8f/56526146536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607798753185e---tinevatigotepaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e80064852b8---sasobuzavukukip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vupisogowogeledagazig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729c5609cad---bofipatin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/41227044263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a962866e4e4c44b2cafda00c9c5bd9fb/50246142135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64504083719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umutisi.com/umut/upload/files/37647925039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalaserasia.com/upload///55515877363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc828da10ff---33085687323.pdfPDF 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_off0000dd89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD89 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 2c2747a42717c0cae92e054e5d640a12869ff31b79c653b043fdd6327749daf8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f62e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF62E 17060 bytes
SHA-256: 1550c131965185ea3158fa36a525833a87f3da118df1607060133d2d8baab8a3
font_02_sfnt_off0001222e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1222E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1