Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 355f56a3ea07f8d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-20 22:41:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 180378022b94131b40f873077e6b0b14 SHA-1: cbe349abe1ade35913a66b962185f0fc62938264 SHA-256: 355f56a3ea07f8d7028d7125183f2278ec69ca2abd2b026e0482ad683e1011e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, indicated by the presence of numerous links to potentially compromised websites and a heuristic firing for a 'download button'. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and linked URLs point towards a phishing campaign aiming to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ebf02fb34---kujupimiwuzamej.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/gufezoxotiwagegozotex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winkeleninzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/pijibefoxojomoxagoxafaben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadclassof1991.com/clients/c/cc/cc689d7a74a098ef67b43942063c7ff9/File/zixisizan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60F405F9CBE0E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/35989822514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamkr.com/userData/board/file/pevipimonev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d72543649c---71764456850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ever-progress.com/upload/files/sujixalal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078adc90cae7---81227439154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/92253114139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromoink.com/updates/file/wozujuxisaniperog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607812b87b5fd---rojiruzisomanazowibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k98ll4rq40gf48megr5rfip962/66872695238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharadsangam.org/UserFilesTwo/file/52252114008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eb3c08347292444d3ad91a53f95f6b9/toxibikezen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myexamadvisor.com/fck_uploads/files/48641323423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/93416938768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cisseo.net/userfiles/files/nagexagiduxugirugasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610acf192479f---vawinov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8d2a90f882---jogolukimavojubobata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/830ab00517abeea416c1532fabb84a17/midetabaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psiakocky-potisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nadoruduvararofokamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rlponder.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/retufifilasejisevijuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2b4980847b---82300421923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+apk+data+apk+mirrorPDF 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_off0000e89e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE89E 10368 bytes
SHA-256: c666757849b7b7123e7b6b959c070ac2a78f498388de71038621c39e542e85e0
font_01_sfnt_off0001001b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1001B 21264 bytes
SHA-256: 29e09e1a726f665e247448b12c02d234acc2f0c50d191d8a763fb655448c8df7
font_02_sfnt_off0001346f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1346F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1