Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d41cecb1cbfd97a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-25 19:49:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5c8a840c5d7430f4e60dc713e55ac278 SHA-1: 7ab675e7df94a2bccde7644a84870540c018d427 SHA-256: 5d41cecb1cbfd97a5f44a3bfab1fe465408853018ff70399b302eacf6c91a7c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous disposable domains, likely intended to host malicious files or redirect to phishing pages. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating a deliberate effort to obscure the true malicious intent through a large number of low-reputation links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://jungvassar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/63504422712.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/63862142167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/60523965564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/202151305026026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f5e7abf1a7b449012d3570d67fba797/95880045798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8fhnhh2mf6ub09ckaclqasqni/23185587503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29812169194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3dc2c7b79e---dixewazivinejewofiburoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3fr0g0186087ufg3f1ih5afl4/61319210574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160daabd0da0ae---44473422754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aczelzalog.hu/tmp/mavukisagizabimataril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/14572042109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4rdr3i4ct3vbv0gd059hkiu32/56210794212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b49996a99---rutulevebuvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af5c5669d403497a3b0a674deb469d9a/44543478118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyklo-sport-servis.cz/UserFiles/File/folekufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihanoi.net/uploads/files/livararusijaguzek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/wapebotapojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de368ac47a---74469260702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3xlove.com/uploadfile/file/54799761336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/wedesepavafamud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/616846406c981a665a5db639053b1386/sawupoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/ragudil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/dokimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=fast+and+furious+2019+full+movie+in+hindi+download+480p+filmyzillaPDF 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_off0000f1d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D8 18048 bytes
SHA-256: a79c8ebadb6d6ee7f76a4b3c250defba23f28eded4c95940737976c7e7247a99
font_01_sfnt_off00012163.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12163 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001397a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1397A 11916 bytes
SHA-256: e787edcf365f9ca8d142056cf59dd80cd20c01f29831490a3537322788b4b158