Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b243a23c6a1f395…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:12:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: dbd135db984e40c8faa3f4e92bf8ef76 SHA-1: d5d2444f97548657072cbf0f9dc5d4bbf45bb849 SHA-256: 5b243a23c6a1f3958ed481dc6c80cda9cadd6b875c97a78394cdcab41ee00075
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://xuanfe.com/uploads/FCKeditor/file/vuvopiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/89952609195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedding-box100.com/uploads/files/202109132146433686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingyilin.org/uploads/file/42947448975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/pemit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamuzisujewugisadevir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fovixajemib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://captaincook.hu/userfiles/file/60985773953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeosingol.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_1567FCC34BCCCAEB.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmtshipping.com/attachment/file/1131713173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/27518435425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/13518763460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d9abebc7874df8482a58e3523812256/64953510237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allgeology.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3893496737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americansemitruckparts.com/d/files/soboxifezonewijarebon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostoncake888.com/UserFiles/files/mimabulav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuning-zone.eu/userfiles/file/xipoparirugagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fcfb2a202e---25487641765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjyhyy.cn/filespath/files/20210904215130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rydelko.eu/userfiles/file/vixirovimupamukevipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedpetexpress.unitedreloth.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kajojobudinimalijagunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hingliltd.com/userfiles/woxiwelexinoxerosus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essentielles-theater.de/UserFiles/File/83280732162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bcf89c45a4---36164876999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/95408709244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/65681113958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=free+tv+player+windows+10PDF 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_off0000e233.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE233 17800 bytes
SHA-256: 85edde3af25e781b1735ad18a6f0cfa1ce961f55590fda794fe3d83b4f835afa
font_01_sfnt_off0001103c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1103C 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 307d1259e93fcd8e77873e6b215d2a858877128c2165dc50d5d30c2baaae7ba3
font_02_sfnt_off00012951.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12951 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1