Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5512e012cfe606b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:33:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c3aa42d08ddcb89ba4873c00d9578097 SHA-1: a90ca917dc49d2983062e5f49f60660eb1b3453a SHA-256: 5512e012cfe606b24a5a5b5d547a5f6395a9ed969e1bcdbb4d9c08dcfe4c08be
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of urgency and download button lures suggests a phishing or social engineering attempt to trick users into clicking these links. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://dailycan.com/userfiles/files/20423457577.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ekachaiguitarist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59544691211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609235860f32a---misixutevokezinorusirizuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ou5jb3cdvp9dd2rqghr3tr1u6/reninoxudexusoteridakij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uforoi.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/26406518256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10510a00690eb749ba15a8fa30174410/98602705478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyxedayhang.com/userfiles/files/29446566344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hqu0rlq8e7hjaplveom92le8v/45077230434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6787a3bd24e21f2eb82925adaedfbd74/83926858077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0c6f3033c6---66100609442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krzeptowski.pl/file/80774448168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/519e9ce1f33aec5bce42fff7f591eedb/20310339845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/60492896422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/57880434687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a649a5eea28---83718315113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexedanang247.com/uploads/image/files/gimemitujivugeranejomudol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79094dc824dd0446c41b0c35552c9f90/senizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e32cb0cd0---fimetiteviboxupakivimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c977de314a4---32428765416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbsinternationalschool.org/userfiles/file/meginufevelinakijofej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f893e5f14b---43841671709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijn-nederland.nl/userfiles/file/28079351013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=download+community+medicine+textbook+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_off0000d7d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7D9 17392 bytes
SHA-256: e19d586c5bc72dbdb363fcf0655fa63d453be54be2cefdaf4e37c9a11caebb62
font_01_sfnt_off00010512.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10512 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 9d0ece6ab61ed91c1eaf66065816300d5a71727510b7f5773ea67401374fc6bb
font_02_sfnt_off00011efd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1