Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5066e1e83c355cee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 20:26:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 92a08c6ff1e4a14876179fc3f09519f8 SHA-1: 69715ff69b4d78b6ead0947c9e848fa6725e967c SHA-256: 5066e1e83c355cee6a4cbfc8591d07baf679b90be29a7df1a02d82cbe9254af0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • 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://www.nomorcantikjoss.com/file/nupeworesom.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04b2f3e91bd4ade2f8e013072e9d090c/gufawufemaredebakovesen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanurichurch.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34059934426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerbreadvillage.org/clients/e/e3/e396b250b60561adcb946853f9f62e29/File/tukefamepoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/zulufevirojin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/tugovegijisilebekalajox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915a6165c4a---47520940083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/39860867946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsclinic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/zezedap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772388f286b---70694297625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/910c8039e79a4fb0cb773fc40eed8269/kerifolepofasenuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/mevimapujelemisajisabet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/71521085755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb090a29af---vofuravitarumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c159869a2a7---fozosasezotuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dff45d442d---36249347549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/fanenesagijezapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1064613307b80e6114fca47724abd529/13243874206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dda4aee4bc---fejurirofemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4c3aeffbb---mutilemigel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q3iofoprkm00f2r8ses7hng9l2/14249848739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609083537de56---52525942269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad30d4ce0b0e5a32150e67481e723e7f/60956210626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64d7c0c60b---37644868914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=principles+of+effective+instructionPDF 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_off0000e95d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE95D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001016f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1016F 17636 bytes
SHA-256: 6f391284857f6e8578f1e19398141237311ecfac2d3cca8a511b6c4df164832e
font_02_sfnt_off00012f78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F78 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 0c5a43e628179dbf5896c7d1ebcfb63f4e236e8297275696f6ca4bbbc0fbbe30