Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5018e1255f5ac239…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:01:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 83fdd690e1095aa4f285c314231815d3 SHA-1: be8b101b43a638c00fb90396be6edd918ddef5a2 SHA-256: 5018e1255f5ac23952915c56984e0e17f9d99803f4847cac7b98f410fbbf20ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing a link farm, with several URLs pointing to potentially malicious PDF files hosted on compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting the analysis of the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9800

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 https://globalybm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1625871573.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/28514277806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emachn.com/data/attachment/file/doxojewojokerovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiobrisasdelnorte.com/userfiles/file/sosaresosinosaniro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/85364757640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodez.com/pliki/file/bivusujafevogafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrichmond.com/uploads/files/17349019455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debden.org/userfiles/file/wopumozimigikipidutitovas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchoggianiepartners.it/userfiles/files/39470595805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607417ab5c04a---86452863652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca0432cf6f---59426212097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgewood1962.com/clients/2/2b/2b25cacec04995aba37d275b9c35b4d1/File/sulawimonanixelif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebeautyofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/napirotuzulaxexeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e6b7c4fa6---45001714486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticahighclassof78.com/clients/8/89/89c70e22fe5ad1405280b455f64975d7/File/bozogolafenusogituxafes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fce8a1a851---xufisafafex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waterlootour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210722_43297C84E04A9615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5877a7069---kexozofemokububatobovaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eitmedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90075133661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/wagesezuzaxelijexoruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehwa.info/uploaded/file/47644633807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/66767109029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/49180323786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106d598a3603---bosesarev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7df1ed9c68b4623ebb33d4813d43f8b3/81183275756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef478c4236---65260603422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=gerund+as+subject+complement+worksheetPDF 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_off00011b1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B1C 20572 bytes
SHA-256: bbed771208765696fbee192ff9f597e94c9446e80b31c62aa4174e425fa5f98b
font_01_sfnt_off000151a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151A8 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 40e0b5e4d6dd007bdda4c7cfe6882e9e308e84e7fe80bacbb11ecb19e7b45312
font_02_sfnt_off00016bd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1