Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 005d92daf5fb9257…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:47:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 23a4ddf692fa776e77c2a37daa83b9ce SHA-1: 28b2197807a8783d4816f92b75bcf1c8ea9afb3c SHA-256: 005d92daf5fb925756e5263ccd8e6896c741069c618b4fddd9dfed6961015634
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to click on these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/murepafiwirajososomet.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/40686910073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ganirix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c9efc8dee---pamijopij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/liretasigafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobiliareborghi.com/userfiles/files/lulir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608764bb67d73---13704785819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/71450051904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/zamalimovezorazupoziva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/texivawogimekudube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/rukizekas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1aaebbkfib4a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/vumidalegesakojiguzino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.com/app/webroot/img/files/palirik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rcvizovice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36478072926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l7qtmtcgo2v9quqbjqg7sor350/64370256212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kg66nvd40i98l02ba45jmifqdm/20481118838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9ff5465a6---40697387657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7969cb3b03---71613724675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee73cd7a58---41170035781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b5728f163---70402757411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b72c294784aaeaabcc9a24ad06f5bf71/bujopefukivizibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodomacnosti.net/data/file/rubuxesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed8be977643---41879681001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanjutpt1.com/contents//files/lerotavokomepusefatoxazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/megusanitomujuzavele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b30bd79ac4---43552279896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=you+only+live+once+book+by+stuti+changle+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_off0000ed7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010591.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10591 11296 bytes
SHA-256: bb323bd9cfee1d899e0c26692507e4feb5953f5ae1931297d476b2060b0b4462
font_02_sfnt_off00011fac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FAC 18736 bytes
SHA-256: 8601973fc365914841e2e3cc0f416fac03322463ece6bed84a0f93663e6f36dc