Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55ae2a935b6f6e37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 11:54:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 55bfe366763592c107c1461a48724fa0 SHA-1: a1c57dedf926cb64329f3051e30b2d650b43a36b SHA-256: 55ae2a935b6f6e37725620cb4e0b7702fdbeb939cdea55eeeb03246678177eba
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious content, aligning with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/28557642962.pdf
    • http://slp61.com/clients/e/e2/e296dcecfd7d10ffef0cc83fef253c72/File/sidisopef.pdf
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/716037e766ffc8a08c1420292b6097df/91640660708.pdf
    • https://posaonakosovu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51602999806.pdf
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e76131dece1568f5c08ba1cfa359fb26/38334159052.pdf
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/47303008013.pdf
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ki1tn5otn0hpuvcp2kfhh2mb7/41347024954.pdf
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d937ea79d0---vugikasuxud.pdf
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/girumuluxefapodifo.pdf
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b578cba53---18395107637.pdf
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/gewinini.pdf
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/47677190683.pdf
    • http://king-ber.com/UploadFiles/file/20210622165907605.pdf
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/20927824311.pdf
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/xopovurerebagamivimijogup.pdf
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/64885295150.pdf
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0908109ff4b7dc3e715bf4eebabbc88/40254554569.pdf
    • http://szrealty.net/uploadpic/2021-5/file/2021052102490873499.pdf
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5065c9f76aa1f4325f415a1ab1379a9/dekagabuwodevuwevimafewil.pdf
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c06034fb1---65181667128.pdf
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c61ce340b---7859908359.pdf
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b170c4769a7---63991089110.pdf
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edmg25u4j8756ii8cftulmmlgg/79475974917.pdf
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lsnc4daoeecl82kvjk92ovbpd7/dapinubofijomedizesovu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=study+guide+for+anatomy+and+physiology+answers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fb3c.bin
3e041fea1a99690d7429d54ae0cb6a11f73acfafaa6f294f4d715242afa6822d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB3C 11320 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011584.bin
528bfc84aee42d5a250c63d02a3d321fa02dd67027345eae1314a73af836fb23
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11584 16292 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013fb8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FB8 16792 bytes