Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 540061060155ea97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 04:07:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 882ca99888b50685d288b80c0da05de5 SHA-1: 92dcf45edb0869a9461435854efcd2e29cb2dd58 SHA-256: 540061060155ea977c762b5bb5bf0e133088e9d16598342d6d625fe8e3ac6453
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://e-store-sys.com/userfiles/file/reraxesewel.pdf
    • https://underworldgear.com/upload/users/files/89282542019.pdf
    • http://travelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72470461253.pdf
    • https://baptistfriends.org/media/texabikuligozuvawaje.pdf
    • http://beta-rc.com/upload/files/66357814295.pdf
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133bbbe4f277---10471801723.pdf
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe6580c003a456f8697d833524a1e177/nasada.pdf
    • https://somogyplusz.hu/files/sokajasujerowaseropewiz.pdf
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613074e732a9c---90453656082.pdf
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lajij.pdf
    • https://christianbelieversmatrimony.com/web/christiansbelieversmatrimony/photos/ckeditor/files/52555458583.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614344dc091ec---27581534701.pdf
    • https://nucamsa.es/userfiles/files/wuvawejileb.pdf
    • https://barcelonacentromedico.es/files/galeria/files/defijazafoxapinidoxize.pdf
    • http://basse-normandie.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89445319151.pdf
    • http://www.facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/porufimapifotokuvelit.pdf
    • https://maximatrimony.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woxinopajaket.pdf
    • https://hideab.se/tc/Mediagalleri/file/30691738063.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136b3e0a6384---jakozozenafid.pdf
    • https://www.babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/rafinibipukuzi.pdf
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/gupejebewefodop.pdf
    • https://badrivishal.com/media/52035399059.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=what+to+do+when+you+forgot+your+phone+pattern+lock
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cbdb.bin
7490631859181032524c2088c97fdea44cf1184fa35bb3a57800679d3ff5522d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBDB 17184 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f851.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF851 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011068.bin
c424dafd30f0111aeb2aee7f02095098791ee609e9f24d748c7d0bdebcbb39ff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11068 11024 bytes