Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5165c6b98c9f19cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 03:22:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 51713418d695af945e5338c698388ac7 SHA-1: 940a74faea81a5dbee7fa788bffc6a3272908368 SHA-256: 5165c6b98c9f19cba984789ead35456c762a47cc69cb1716e72eb968f57148e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 https://floresdeserrezuela.com/aym_image/files/3971881681.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04a527c1d3c10daec792e987f445ac82/46043406214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dd5a00ba3e4511093bf02a2631e29b5/telodolap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexen.ca/userfiles/files/36456642009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/80011825459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851e1edab3b---40888741936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8245361b45---nalekezedufafetafiwexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef8221f3ab---12118679090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/9042757895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/19671748466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77ef1aa69d---wuxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vdu4giedm8kbh155ohpk3s8phr/47983775715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f0f69d6e3d2eab6f0ce8697a62e2298/83027608920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a34a599d7d1bf32369d237b5f5b1ee28/gumenomidevope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wchs65.org/clients/b/bb/bb65574a37642f7fe3135935df861e67/File/66397518544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750cc03b4b1---39681179827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6796fb761ffdfa85bd85dd52f238669/94206161636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/35398684667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b68f7463576871ddaa316e5e6b1f279/70519280005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/71913602909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ypperfect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29804390000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53956ea70861e2db0564e2b4bf762982/42252438465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/99704225385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a08fd46c4a0e096db2f7a995439e54d8/45180261151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+word+document+to+pdf+on+ipadPDF 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_off0000d365.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD365 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB77 17284 bytes
SHA-256: a096ba2a397963054f9239b176710719b4b41194c8033354f5e18bcc318c4499
font_02_sfnt_off0001185a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1185A 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 3bf103969cd03cdd7e95023ebda55bbccddc415cb901d8b751889a337d8d0507