Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5dc9a22db18ea01a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:30:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c3340f208625cb0f246f2eab428a3d9e SHA-1: 2d160a46e060ba783a4bdf89066b4762456242b5 SHA-256: 5dc9a22db18ea01a20d4801a660381d763a711e1b93e3196384c313f58fe6869
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. Heuristics indicate it contains multiple external URIs, some pointing to IP addresses and others to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URI patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://artbynela.com/uploads/file/22126680156.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ovvunp2nhnpjuasjf891svrs60/fojiroguzemikenetuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca4ec57204---26939457385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annamsaigonlaw.com/upload/files/winoxona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mauspro.net/upload/files/94569619936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkuazhost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/93459975653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vds-construct.pl/userfiles/file/72922384915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/7692857864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0cd2373a2f---galaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc9360f292---xudojuregefabesibawewir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuocmambason.com/upload/fckimagesfile/5cab509112ae8c4c1b11ee3ccaaebf69.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.161.111/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rakijelokodajetakododuxub.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://acrclubinversores.com/files/galeria/files/3223244024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07a211521aa4e68bf5679586080783d1/mapatiromaged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwhs79.com/clients/867100/File/rotoredazevarujuxilivaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/xuxulux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfc67497db---3326405578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heryeryesil.com/resimlerfiles/winibakimupabojapeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvbm.org/pds/userfiles/files/vegupopazufudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6df8d04338---dopesotokozujusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleartunemonitors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70523562479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125de972b2f6---nexerakafulupuwexegifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97fa0758e7---xideredodazedixinupekot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607614355e3d0---jujinevujalidefefipesufav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=herodotus+the+histories+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_off0000de7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE7A 16156 bytes
SHA-256: 47f4aafdf670b9fe4ff53316c69eeb4c98b71d79627263b6de4e88e60b2041d5
font_01_sfnt_off0001082d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1082D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012044.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12044 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 83d8597fbac8b9807e6ab3c38b902868527f2477d9ca5d9b3943e90926a737bd