Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d2baf99549df554…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:17:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f47eae9d1a2887b7e5521e4a3329dac3 SHA-1: ffabd69eca69d3cca743d07c8e9af968324a75e5 SHA-256: 5d2baf99549df554c44aa650d8107edb671a50f2880cadcd9ffbe54a26d7775e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a link farm to redirect users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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 https://virker-ikke.dk/files/lefiki.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rhvp98nkn6eqcsf97v6h1iiqb/sexexuwafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/lotuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7af367v9dq0d0lrbja994atems/4182748763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://llux.vn/uploads/files/maborotapezusapalewuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e54a6ed32---64161691393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecc158924fd---xikojitefetilawiturorarew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/6752121144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b4b441124b---1278075019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f142a0ef42---majejaporigilol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apotekatia.ba/fajlovi/36822378166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradefze.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juwaxebazakuwonajalonor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freewest.at/81615231012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harckocsik.hu/userfiles/file/pizib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04818af9ee246591a9c8288cc73ed3f9/fumoruladisafewemot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b22df544d2---dedetosumonubasegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebizplus.com/userfiles/file/21293590005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e789d7cd646cbeddb6136c7f2395cefa/xebarogagisakazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mevlanaasm.com/resimler/files/zezevusiwofiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhphucvietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/19949370071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://history.tlshaa.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74991215313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leoclubmarsala.it/userfiles/files/46967805549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=daily+double+horse+racingPDF 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_off0000ea6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA6C 10908 bytes
SHA-256: f85d498d481ce6a90b20cc2b97f56687c59279b94d1cebc0b7754cf1a2a6618c
font_01_sfnt_off00010357.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10357 18088 bytes
SHA-256: 06ae68918b796e512669e9b4a33b93cfca76391816c5081e3c4673e723cdd076
font_02_sfnt_off000131e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1