Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d61bebcf4063df1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-08-18 18:51:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 03f7c4d72d8e88a7cf72f1899944ff33 SHA-1: 1eb9767117a999a3400872e0a301b156e19a8ecf SHA-256: 5d61bebcf4063df15a3eb8054d731a62ec6cd16f780b8c0f774d7b4ab1362150
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for distributing further malware or conducting phishing attacks. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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.
  • 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://candemdientu.com/Images_upload/files/dinezekofupe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/los8a4g44kl92bju4c5baj8e7g/33805241047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/dosenubaruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfsroanoke.com/home/tfs/public_html/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xudovedavakusaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finances-canada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c96fecd7756c188b9e2be266bf954615/71639197282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yejida.com/userfiles/file/22576513275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saopauloairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25675602313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heibldr.hu/FCKfeltoltott/file/35461196550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757a34a40ce---sopupasabuwugin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33370011846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argyleliquidations.com/userfiles/files/97333321766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nlsgj4dbda67ohmruiau5i8nv/43371288630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisangka.com/contents//files/fogebiwoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/mojule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubesubscribers.com/ci/userfiles/files/42777327963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alaskacounseling.org/clients/8/87/870ae3779d21e956d596131c1dd113ff/File/sikevutobazilupetatuwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/13986039144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/volm7b1u3ae1em471iuvahkvu8/131296412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/nosufujum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2dcb1db944---61514045508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c880f57abe32f30496c9cb4f02c310b7/51526448534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaoxetaxi.vn/upload/fck/file/wadobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilmachineydy.com/d/files/97114752583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemtoanhaiphong.vn/upload/files/sozaxukedovatikev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=clarke+county+iowa+police+reportsPDF 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_off0000d7df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eff6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF6 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 76d29b050db914093334b6c99629f2f0f30319bf0e41868b0ed66b21be2e87a5
font_02_sfnt_off0001090b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1090B 17384 bytes
SHA-256: de3500b332a1a97be0188e941a37ff40c99fa2b873b44e338a05773f7adf40cf