Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 558a8eebaf683e66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-25 11:44:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 00fe6520a47a3c1bf96875a4394bcf6d SHA-1: d1ad9f6959d3cd99f6446b281f7978e3be42075b SHA-256: 558a8eebaf683e6688bee05bdea9726552650dd09bb3f50596cfb7814a153d6a
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute a secondary payload. The PDF's structure and the presence of image-based lures further support its use in a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=iphone+5s+keyboard+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.anglometais.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5090757513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210909195148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krainaogrodow.eu/zdjecia/fck/file/5108435095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rm-parketi.si/uploads/muzuromimogobuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/406788416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iktoktatas.hu/files/file/61536200324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/18251887736132f22ac8337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentremedic.cat/files/galeria/files/78898207168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139e741ecad6---9747748092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.netcorp.hu/data/editorfile/vibovujovaposuzosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kramor.bg/userfiles/file/70558208554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/zulijugavanorusutikotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/kanolemil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anhhuynoithat.com/asset/files/wikebisekijesepef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebbacninh.com/webroot/img/files/pijituxufuvivixapatowuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c35036c75c---mamavuxojojonebozariresa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertbah.si/files/file/40253009406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architectureanddesign.it/userfiles/files/vomis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sudeoksa.org/userfiles/file/20210919105125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e9048b490---9145652571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sma-dfgg.org/site/admin/file/31338750212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbe207e226981d52bc1d98cbfbc70697/pinifavuretazileveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitjaya.com/contents/files/57231338886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ughrb7enj15h4p00lsd45ullu6/fedegosupidupupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifigigim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b3c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3C0 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 99f94ac8134aa74347cff7cc8dcf37a3bdd62f9b1dd72265c55ce538b21cfda4
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCAA 14380 bytes
SHA-256: 7adc6cefbf5a40e5d48392c394ba65fe36f97d655a886e055e02835fa47edf5a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f05b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF05B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1