Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e077a6b9ee37d37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-08-22 06:00:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 53d762474c9f19fa60e74be2fe802487 SHA-1: f92f3ad3d0177b0fd72cb5684f06e5c6746a788d SHA-256: 5e077a6b9ee37d37b184e6339e56e3432fb5df462a3983a4af274e58ca3561e0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites and potentially malicious content, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites for phishing or further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d62c04c0f35---tizadosodi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/50820003264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katour.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xufedodaludimelinozojin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c71a8b1968725e8a3b4ec8adbce952db/82153070252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/713be73077c84aaa7ffc6e1ae2a2189e/17914200317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/susonuxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/46424377372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/78631527158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74396948793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95a384c8d7ddf883f720e33be794f806/pivozepelasig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/tegawiwusivivuvotowori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccf5587ed00871e4da759150c2c3f523/59783811702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f12e266a2e---majeduzopuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c875e96ba68---lewufazinukinefirel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e4a952a40---nubanejosulavovarewojufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasziget.hu/uploads/files/nixogidamepunozugaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14a4cbe040d1900415ff267b5b3087de/13949007035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/41536518084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b881778fd83---11514559763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/48401228395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/56429334723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b709c06f85.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f733dead1b---75042788246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=2+lei+da+termodinamica+exercicios+resolvidos+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_off0000d64d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD64D 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 6504e3eb9029a033993fa333dc3f33c624ef65822fa23c8813404d5f44b35bc1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107DF 19312 bytes
SHA-256: 2c78f94ceb60741b58e71db6da7aa4670efffb7f2b49530d1e4e3a103a72de23