Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d48ad929ad3c1dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:44:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a5ef669126f7d7dd8afff0399c5d4fef SHA-1: 85e8716ef8a0917d57ed8d051c554504d17824fb SHA-256: 5d48ad929ad3c1dc6a93f9631cf495bff6f0874834f3d4613e233742ed34c2ec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicates a potential phishing pretext. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://zzliuxue.com/upfile/file///zagazukomomosetomupa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://murtenhof.ch/userfiles/files/fosusupelijaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/15860572104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poolprotektor.com/userfiles/file/29587789209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://effetre.biz/file/jodenufobobesegasuzagupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findusafranchise.com/files/files/fazefavixaxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6b739ce1d514ea5f69a7250906e757e/dikifibip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/64689215628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proia.bg/userfiles/file/fovewibakifaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbsgbucafmmaf.xn--p1ai/servimages/editor/files/91568517390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonbinhduong.com/upload/files/39848287705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a839ee2f8b5---tonakatikukarutebixesovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioprogettoarchitettura.eu/userfiles/files/temobebofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80a68976ae8f164e515fb76f267fd485/18470211921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/92214479594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857df985935---baparabodiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/32483622993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100353000ad7---nirimuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609089588ffe4---nugovobegunokawasadat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9251123854---gadego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3484a0d5a---xopezikepoxewawafiroduga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba640c3826d---80067375270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b88ab0a6631---98948502271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=public+finance+and+taxation+text+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000f047.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF047 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001085e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1085E 10780 bytes
SHA-256: bdb89390f2c5340ed5d9df9e9d2ecaa7b9165e40f054740321b8979138bf1e35
font_02_sfnt_off00012119.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12119 18472 bytes
SHA-256: bd058c9fd2b3d1a557ed174451ea1d7a85bebd1fa8902722dd127f1494b03a09