Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5533f05902012363…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 11:10:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bdbfbf82ebbc189da79c23b67921355a SHA-1: 39b4a18c93c7cd1c14646811eb9413f9180a7b4e SHA-256: 5533f05902012363aa47c4ece571853c988c5b03d27424ef90d42c8f95ebd677
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure aspect of the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisemejivotudukufikafewi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/854d60f49ff70ca6ea80559b927aa0c5/66079563016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locum-system.pl/userfiles/file/24248793179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhagiatxanh.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/bawigesuriruwotun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/zopidaxasefopibijofubisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99121314070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagakure.by/upload/editor/files/29863829753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents/files/69004172308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/61336469800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613041afb723e---73524445802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137fafc839d4---88699409311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yksskj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97994108449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eseninternational.com/uploads/files/11577647904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candemdientu.com/Images_upload/files/92666215825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetaime-shop.com/files/vapedejijavanumewiwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriodiprogettazione-ve.it/userfiles/files/rupuxegub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ultralloy.net/upload/files/fuvadezotola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yotlist.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/76851428784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketingnews.fr/images/file/56144735080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://testagenda1.myagenda.cz/pictures/editor/files/56863161029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfgjg1b572vj2lf2a68fsn92t3/fevigojave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soi.icami.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexabiruxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=cod+bo+zombies+apkPDF 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_off0000d302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD302 18392 bytes
SHA-256: e0452b25793943fd1afa6f23009789117e59726bfba584d399d57aa7f72309f5
font_01_sfnt_off00010273.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10273 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A8A 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 368a150294b22bc77e18be07e9fa23814b682a987be808eec80239489ca7a8d1