Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b114645721267bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:04:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0621f51649d77f3cb1061f0adcea4a52 SHA-1: d6f9a1be13a5933d4e40524dace507acfb4430bd SHA-256: 5b114645721267bb071da224d34cd2ee2a5d9b9fb6d61a6a849ed7c6daaa35d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. This pattern is often used for phishing or to host second-stage malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://geya99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rizuxarobovilokolodepofub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alatasfilms.gr/ILC/img/file/pupedexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/65473136031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/sevuzolobibisudavet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nufosaxobazubuvitin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partetesal.ir/data/file/gunora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dudikom.pl/userfiles/file/76263491902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/188cf80f664ba49897c7b91948489897/52924786691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://condominiobrisasdelnorte.com/userfiles/file/63907599122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63f3aca66e---silamikijum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irastuff.com/admin/ckfinder/uploads/files/93483567954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/fusipur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607518654b201---xenuzelonitipiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p63bfo5mfcddihjjel71b4f46s/11082736783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/glmlc9oe63acdnj3sbj02mu4d4/28301663495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cb2ff9e65108a27c322a26bb4d67fc0/gipoxezowederutudezenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoeing.by/pics/files/62835398446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatnguyen.vn/media/ftp/file/77842639823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/95750470885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/zidatitogaborelelikun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b67c7312bd2588bf3a97de17f111754e/jupikavavemamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidwoodmachine.com/d/files/nedufibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdhsalumni.com/clients/28864/File/bozitati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/begupuwerunudezoreziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/36738185697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netcsemege.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/godefamigevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=maths+worksheets+for+class+5+kendriya+vidyalayaPDF 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_off0000e0fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f914.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF914 11056 bytes
SHA-256: c7b291a47404f733145fe7588251f36618fbf5aa1815fb81212c0636bbd893fe
font_02_sfnt_off000112ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112EA 20980 bytes
SHA-256: 3db8e100600927edd8dc2ddc92da3fe4f98f4a74486ccda156aa35a9e22317f0