Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e3d43bee1fc9bd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 15:55:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 06ca4d9721ec32a1b44439ba61cd2c2d SHA-1: 5364d9fbd240ec9c5f89782ceacc7bc5a87593cf SHA-256: 5e3d43bee1fc9bd11f478df2c0ada56ebca95c6334319a3f91554733dcd4005f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

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
  • 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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=unfollowers+for+instagram+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/65571031103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-14/20210914024507727663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c1980cade2---20096703653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxag.com/upload/browse/file/36028717099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e088d14ba3---vobukonijirus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suprizpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/77863339779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tlo.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45667019639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anbuadidravidarmatrimony.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5700626485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12c5fba02d9969d2a813c3af92b61895/77506198580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnkingdee.cn/Files/file/202192111425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayanairag.com/uploads/userfiles/files/31429094827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanvoorst.info/uploaded/file/25896926105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/niwipazivosolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/50577605650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios/files/63181377526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narnivet.com/userfiles/files/60756996416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptwash.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/46745763315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tatvan.in/userfiles/file/bafujusasubuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etcbt.com/userfiles/file/11668125964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msvadba.ru/files/file/45098452943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plkorea77.com/ckupload/files/rofiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.ph/app/webroot/img/files/pugaporamoribes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hglobaltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_3B15D8F8CEA500DF.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blesk-stroy.ru/userfiles/files/2483221379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b3f484ff563dc63d946d8a82055d3c1/gigenitabewikirosovisiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE302 11024 bytes
SHA-256: cf173605709b3e830e25338f117599483b828ec775e8bffc7017f549221e357a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC80 18588 bytes
SHA-256: f32d58c9c24bc7626f8f5d3a4df81b8fb21ae3750868a02a94c2fd0160455499
font_02_sfnt_off00012ce1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1