Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d4179d3d4c6a74c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 09:08:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: fd2764fe93cc47246692a06a0e9588ef SHA-1: 55bc6f30b0ab1f3f3451cc5d5b26905e59852796 SHA-256: 5d4179d3d4c6a74c28f22ccb58349f37153fa95444f7e426b02f885a0ff84eaf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The heuristic 'SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH' identifies a Netflix impersonation lure with a call-to-action link. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to phishing sites, potentially leveraging JavaScript for obfuscation or further redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=is+six+of+crows+appropriate.
  • 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://schmitz.cz/res/file/97384142479.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102b1e2f0641---92448976867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumerieindex.nl/images/uploads/norufazuwojutomumudixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813fd065d2e---duruvopufigexafigeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/67307549796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/vakaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5180438ea8ccf4d4fde0beeaa1dc51dd/lukaxadozagomutoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/movuwumatevijivizudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021062111341880554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/dajefigoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/bujudanelupujun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86fdb07852---jugisezegaxitaditedixug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalybm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1626179505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/761118624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etcbt.com/userfiles/file/36556387621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myconnect-thailand.com/image/upload/File/pororuribofasere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelamadeustorino.com/userfiles/files/goperuduboxikedogot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071121629818---nofobovamiradexulatepese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/89358425231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implantsdentairesdesmoulins.com/upload/editor/file/19208055683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa248790158---3160668903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/71177238283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608828345e34d---29170674188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umrllc.com/userfiles/files/legubamexirimowometi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cimkezes.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20584780983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/81850794178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=is+six+of+crows+appropriatePDF 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_off00010e07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E07 17832 bytes
SHA-256: 0217a49376d63dd3b7f65d7229c26d66bac96ab1f69d40558c6b5a5c83bee165
font_01_sfnt_off00013c4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C4B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015462.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15462 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 328bb9ce5566b48095ee5719fb5d30f7658aaa5bbc653336bff9a1c90b2bb218