Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 552fab131e1fbdc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-08-17 13:06:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 25d02161153f95c1517a821ca0a7cfae SHA-1: ef7e1fe091b50a28ab7fc8d0d156b2c82df77cfb SHA-256: 552fab131e1fbdc5b7d3dd974bdee27067def97cbd178c8b7f408e491157dc3a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to potentially compromised websites or are part of a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 http://inoxbienhoa.com/upload/files/mabela.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.ch/images/file/85717329643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adc08b36e7d9de9f781538b5f5e55b55/kagudabiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/67054532238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsneotek.com/ckupload/files/tirumurefepopina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gistfamilyreunion.com/clients/8/8c/8cbf0a40baaab9dd4734ff2cdbb1e120/File/34860658159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecole-belair.com/ecole/file/vatavutulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/bilivegewapawagudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedria.es/DOCUMENTS/FotosFCKEditor/file/xafadalumevesibetuvurilov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rj51l4d69v8i767bm82mvavsa4/kijadobimiduwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fumezibipudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4bc9019d63---jepumelak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/11829424202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/13459453510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michelesherrinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/73477352799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072738c9e419---giwivirifesexifokibimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2bb6c7052---21352271582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dachastyle.com/userfiles/file/52253971176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edb0930183f---95774828695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/87647459181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobas24.pl/Upload/file/32456894488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/46692764761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ddea24701---16336650846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=grade+10+english+module+pdf+download+answer+keyPDF 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_off000110ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110CE 11452 bytes
SHA-256: 4df95420a044a5332e2b9ab5027dd42172258e15238bce4783af251b41cb18c6
font_01_sfnt_off00012b82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B82 18096 bytes
SHA-256: cdb4af803c1f830bbdf4a6a3a63e6c6e758eada7a56326670b6a51f0dfef4cfe
font_02_sfnt_off00015b7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B7B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1