Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b6d872aa602b30f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:45:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 133d659d89d3637b67205f22589b9fef SHA-1: 257c2e37c52434aac34b21d26358dbb66c267851 SHA-256: 5b6d872aa602b30fbd748b897996731413c8b5151e1b84c7ce090545dadf9b2c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tamil+bluray+movies+free+download+for+mobile PDF link annotation
    • https://vilnius.cvzona.lt/resources/img/files/47885799131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatrangpalace.vn/app/webroot/upload/files/wawojoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actsonics.com/uploads/files/202109192233385964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613082985b244---35144537662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137af152d694---nomesogadoxiveloso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/49702390455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dribblebar.pl/userfiles/file/85259733737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/44195036003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/pidofuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gonutukusolakule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqcorth.specialty-match.com/upload/files/runutoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betheaskssd.com/flash/betheaskssd.com/file/kusutudulogexuzawunolot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perevodvnegiloifond.ru/pict/file/55310950187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://96rangjai.com/userfiles/file/64570997874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e33038a3a0---zasamesulesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/77142894146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabunwangi.com/contents/files/68874790311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/14477541134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanegarrett.net/userfiles/file/57754320879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamayeshniroo.com/shop/file/52005952657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/31991327164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twilaw.com/files/files/70635945758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.com/new/userfiles/file/70840858950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buka.ru/sadm_files/98836296583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindergartenhelden.at/upload/file/wirodinerexomobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkathirilaw.com/userfiles/files/41519406800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ecb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB8 10884 bytes
SHA-256: d0a0ef2e5087197c9264b455f51c272037794e578f387fa53dd25f26d641b195
font_01_sfnt_off000105e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E3 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 77f4feb30eb39926eb168ad3e1027938880bed70a2bd5d9ea6462c69d9cdf29e
font_02_sfnt_off000132c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1