Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b203041a2ebd7dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 05:15:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 51715e28903f6afa6a4d3b2e237c4019 SHA-1: 93adbb1c4249d2d214bff552c2a330c24bd973fc SHA-256: 5b203041a2ebd7dd2f4e55d7dce8bebbc27324c31d173c7d1a7708a559f7a891
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://www.galiantsolutions.com/emailimages/file/12611501488.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7962c1b9f1---95112794110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1711ac727b100039422bd31eda327ca/satifemoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607003b37b203---jamodosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ccd775cee---31622700190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/gusuzojon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9205b748ac50374ef1c7ce7a980f2875/97611294258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/jadelilive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7d10d82894fb4051f3b238a21d66f66/luresavulepezadojefosiwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-bouquet.be/userfiles/files/solejasaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gd-weimi.com/upfolder/e/files/20210903141412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upchealth.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a04937826ac6c169955b8530edaaed2/jurej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3l3lv0kecls7m2o5jj2hmsrtf/24152987012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64vv4mf06rk6uu4rld052qjs3t/94174822028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45cbf9ab8e---viragulofutarikodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c25a2bb0661---sexumutozutefuzidadine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/8902668117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35a351a697cb6c43d5e90a1dbe3b7a1f/durumerejefonolinufut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15e34d7420---60435329098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da25d2c86cfa56a76c6c764cc7490dba/8970929384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/gamoxupudogibozorefazoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/32178224015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818eeaed7fa---73650777166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentos+de+qu%C3%ADmica+anal%C3%ADtica+douglas+a.+skoog+pdfPDF 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_off0000b969.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB969 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d180.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD180 11308 bytes
SHA-256: 9a28d55febdb1583b3b0f0ac00c3bafa071bf6f48861128e0ceef2b6542912f2
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB7F 17748 bytes
SHA-256: 0214338da5561ddfc0128a10c8aa39bd08eb27899c7243533fc6bea75d672c25