Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5294fe2d3d1d14b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:58:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f7360ea12145b1f71cb9cd3451204c7e SHA-1: 71f32aff81f06f452e1a9d0db7a8590feb6b7ccf SHA-256: 5294fe2d3d1d14b19f9b0041c50443a1b651d61bb59237ae934c6bd83a61884f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised websites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to trick users into downloading further content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/538c2edab72f9fad8f40326851ca3baa/mebimovudojijagugof.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d15e3bdb7928f7301f488ffac7bb30bc/zejop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607666f04dde5---4720797548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2738f3c3cba66f06038115038ae8f00e/8736820406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/87956262620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9c40183132---popite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5d2d6fd5b---42444161162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/020922442727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piecco.eu/upload/files/80117005219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/kumivewanonupeluzubeked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/levuboxopixifemukuzago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thucphamtruongxanh.com/Upload/files/89625249525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipadel.com/userfiles/file/76863495326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4451e7b4dec1ff338bcff7ed579edf06/84308173912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profipreklady.cz/www/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saxavokezani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinruily.com/UploadFile/file/20210901171023075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829c47a57f6---64338931264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fxmeat.com/upload/file/2270a2c09dfca12a718ba7a2eb4bb78e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f72a24f14---38847807658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamachine.nl/userfiles/file/39137547003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd33ca53cf---18152217099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uctodane.cz/UserFiles/File/78699173334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb2b2d42f3---filivigeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silky.ae/images/bulk_images/files/72420831947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+novel+indonesia+terbaru+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_off0000e401.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE401 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC18 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 638cfc24fd8cf915a7a0c60a7039317cda427e279d2b42ef513b4520767238a3
font_02_sfnt_off00011519.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11519 17800 bytes
SHA-256: 0f966bb468f5fd572f7f75406f01bd346633696f1b3eac9300ec3d09dd9f10e6