Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55304308906a3916…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-07-08 11:25:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b5bc597f5d5554781874488767f2b722 SHA-1: 38d5bb96e50fbb70d7080c7b39a5c38ca91e7517 SHA-256: 55304308906a391622c425d2e527b4b0cd5c536039be7cdee1b230f95b360148
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the rationale is based on the URL analysis and heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/xivomakopemaxaka.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/melovawawojuxumojupej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenld.com/userfiles/65251379297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e141644dea0---44918127806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/67106437642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096cb2ed2d1e---89047618152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents//files/81241184427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f20fac9d6---47912887853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a74aef5bc0891b75239241f56b5e5902/23659371480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775e67c6e83---fuvebiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c26d7910b23---vudiwulimiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/804a01c0220e2a88efebeeea406243b6/basimesimivoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-4/20210504043239113497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52fdbdc8e2a8f14b586d24752c78e23b/43300035759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1fe36b501---naribofox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/losekijog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t1qtlcrdei7a7ajs6gc1g71d41/lulav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb31a39615---90789586375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazdooradda.com/userfiles/file/ripiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/67682242612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/ripefewixifenutegolalizoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+back+the+unsaved+word+documentPDF 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_off0000cca2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCA2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4B9 11156 bytes
SHA-256: c3492e442c16e7994c7a98fc921e3267d34d877ac1a5e50f7a22492e3f7d0bce
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE81 16208 bytes
SHA-256: 7a939a62215183d20786e7513b92f881118614d25fcf51c2fb17a4b2a929327c