Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d40485d280235fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-07-16 11:22:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0929f82e0445254af99b019422c7bfe0 SHA-1: f4d4c7be3d7dffdc50501a35c82e4747c7266830 SHA-256: 5d40485d280235fac30bdf141e9887dd1032816444f60e4d202c6f4daf38162a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous links to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a visual download button lure reinforces the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+statutory+notice+period PDF link annotation
    • http://abnicum.ru/files/file/laleku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/sawuzixuzil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabinet-blin.fr/ressource/site-image/files/zisojekaxasopuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocreate.termall.pl/upload/fck/file/kiriliti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emons-verlag.net/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/buwefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stratford1980.com/clients/1/19/19838be1bbe5684469623718d5e25b5d/File/41415115849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/90168074343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/81274999630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2425f06769---94402658302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/46660702963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0be2f5f020---84639819971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7os7fud7nc6uu06dh23m2r2fr/90489135181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/302dac2dd0440d0cc26ef25f47584729/68530974818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4k3aghuencv1jehqbt4gpoeh5/58741788936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086537da4a33---84023547939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/wemazuwofurulumezodabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampsonancestry.com/clients/d/d9/d9bd9208c4e45de01aa31840e3a8c66b/File/pizemuvomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a730fcda88f---giwuvekejibora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-2/20210502145313920086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/josifetib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///xofogulefumit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/biwavisasegogolutuwadid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polkovnik.su/upload/file/durikiwinewegelugifedoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildongwire.com/userfiles/file/4250263088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8f500fd58---dagebeton.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_off0000f4de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DE 10772 bytes
SHA-256: ea03eb935b54ef4f27c429ea4d55de41a9e40b319086c3099ca023015e8dbb53
font_01_sfnt_off00010db5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DB5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C7 16284 bytes
SHA-256: e21c645756f24013d3054eea8ffc6fcfd1d2b2936bc5a8ffa14998fb62fbb95c