Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 511aa21ee445e23c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:46:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 254ad39b7eedbe3c622d44a8b4237bc3 SHA-1: 817dc197a862b6b26e505bfdece2744225aab144 SHA-256: 511aa21ee445e23cfc9cac3c31f446a9b28e857c438b64894ce6a16d57779562
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. 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, which are designed to exploit or deceive.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 http://szentimresiklos.hu/upload/file/65956439345.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah168.com/contents//files/pufulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116f2494a4e9---xorepabepuzapekaduvuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungshingcentre.com/userfiles/25137856525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/sujolisadoxijijasuvoxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyoujin.com/UploadFile/file/20210805172744970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/26951178182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdlpartnerss.com/userfiles/file/fazodomalakiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebanksunited.com/clients/7/7d/7da19d52c1086e69e61582739ce98a0f/File/lafademepatowaxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/donoxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314e1adc59b---votuvesoxirire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aadd6595fb7---43402705866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hosotte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/danejagabumotaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48bbd530cf---mowunelutegorip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motocams.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zujusoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130b463238de---52132894681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jncs.kr/page_data/file/20210812164335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/fozixus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/210611200521825217voh9sd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/48766056391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://murten-hotel.ch/userfiles/files/vizajomilajori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2fe5c8af59142b55fca85bd0394f205/96848333027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijp2.com/contents/files/kujepola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db2a05dd46d---17538677104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/50676345452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=landscape+architecture+vocabulary+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_off0000fd18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001152f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1152F 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 3676b0295367d9980ebf185d0147e58ab480a217a77649e9d98171f035069323
font_02_sfnt_off00012ec0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EC0 15916 bytes
SHA-256: 0a34f24dd882862fc0e766b1c0e93615122e1b7c75311f620c2eac775ca3f0c6