Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55e88d3929206d96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

116.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:02:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2045d503acb30210d9044e42025279a4 SHA-1: aecfbfb876a2580e0a98ecd7261d079a204ba0a0 SHA-256: 55e88d3929206d96675ce2fc6e9d8aedb2552fa07f8216736ba367796f0c6884
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to host phishing content or malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests a malicious intent to deceive users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the heuristic firings point towards a phishing or credential harvesting attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3332

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cours+etat+de+droit+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d93d832eda48448e49f99c39cc85586/32379792225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54c4a96d053c7589671b66266aaed913/32082243695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d95e291c18---linamini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paneldeconsos.com/userfiles/file/nuzagavopikodusorixixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102f1aee6e69---50918871006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/91313352215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelrealerimini.it/userfiles/files/43586470597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uklearningnetwork.com/userfiles/file/dorewibirefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maksimetall.ru/files/58985772136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d65a5bcf354---65689570566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujiririsavexifizofid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f40f653953d9887bcd8c7ba68681d4c/zumoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086fcda55e50---lekinitumikapajusiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/26668776191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/32530834293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/gonevaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamtamphat.com/upload/files/34809412364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prmakeup.com/Image/files/47992894441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tunnel.de/files/uploaded/file/19064878284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610368f99de58---najedeludadejamofolujexob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajasthanmetals.com/userfiles/file/sanukujazagetusuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/gatutoruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611dbc5e791b7---65139217519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c96fda1724---sopametusexepalex.pdfIn 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_off0001737e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1737E 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 94ecfabf060432f16666444af6b348d011fa05fef513eb98d50efee2722aaed7
font_01_sfnt_off00018b77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18B77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001a389.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A389 22652 bytes
SHA-256: b3f9430269334081d3db8e34a7098c96eb4d388d20c75d5514e718fb76293b24