Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5dec128a08fd08bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 07:15:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2d4f03646f9b53c5b1bc2fa030c793f7 SHA-1: d837bfe56fa42a13b417c5db03431fdb5bbc12a3 SHA-256: 5dec128a08fd08bf7784ca1b2a4f54b76df5045eceee4f12fff8d5f9fb850612
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and link farms points towards an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://rosniyom.com/userfiles/files/mireju.pdf
    • http://lovelyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nojafepu.pdf
    • https://yukkumpulgroup1.com/contents//files/85919545081.pdf
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4548b41522---90344280185.pdf
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc87b422d5d---xavuxobazonajolureteduw.pdf
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d136f4889037ad66d16ae80c4921da11/vujadutitet.pdf
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ba1326fb4a4a71b3e2c63ca25ecae59/55054623720.pdf
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bd48ee23e21667e833c4b11819c6cb7/37454311910.pdf
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/jedejatopeko.pdf
    • http://zonweringbelgie.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/visevex.pdf
    • http://xn--o79av69abka850ab6c.com/upload/file/202106271923339407.pdf
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/28878423178.pdf
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c21e48c89dea9cdcd1f8e711248af222/sapes.pdf
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50cce940aa6e2cb2db4179990aab5904/xoribazasupavosurim.pdf
    • http://kurpinar.com/img/userfiles/files/karezipibekekazibaza.pdf
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae227e7a53---sexumubejutaz.pdf
    • https://otartufo.com/ckfinder/tartufofiles/files/gokowokazuxebuzeduwovojiv.pdf
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q4e06b7t45heffiab2gd7c501k/rovifarebilewevaxisok.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c60c67379a7---gufigepujuv.pdf
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be9bd6c7828---xezazemom.pdf
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90ljsl91p4l2emeng69sv4qdu2/rakiselezuleretexaza.pdf
    • https://smartmedia.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kiliwaxetuxevup.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=shark+vacuum+rotator+powered+lift+away+manual
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e0f8.bin
194c04427dfb27573ab956d8a57ead14974bbd9f2b15f16a5c3bc45402e303c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0F8 11252 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb45.bin
e737dc522b68d1da16f4c659b5812269eea0320a7688c9702da1ad04890ae82b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB45 16912 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001273f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1273F 16792 bytes