Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e558908e5e2e33b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-08-22 03:07:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 45027d8f3090af96bf7e6122528aa64d SHA-1: 698c2e991b1fbd4c87617bfaca66e8333d144cb1 SHA-256: 5e558908e5e2e33b1a46cc355bab93aad0a580df5849a7abb5542c2ed8e8491e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains a link farm hosted on compromised CMS sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110ff2b6bc02---54801062862.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://futsalcb.cz/picture/vtextu/file/dazululupejesuwejeminaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d58bd74ba---davosadav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d82c119b8---46293328612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/41525778192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3biqsr850c92nr89k76v6aco41/42250730272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607619242121b---95176211744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1476d610f9---lujevaxenimenepozok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehaircenter.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nebexibusap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dildendilecevirievi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/16774934848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/livijofisowixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707d6c8cc1f---53940520598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqoridmbbi5p4g8udkiuvsk7o4/kinejulewexokuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aildf.in/userfiles/file/42809007166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b797ddfa2469d37a1a25a4fb444e8080/xirijalilenuruzalamen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdf3cf1f912---11407923864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpqzl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56786262765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/63798689540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/wusuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/makegazim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/93397902894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c12b2bcb025ebbe8e77753baf7a4192/fiborarufipozitujokezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=pixel+combat+zombies+strike+hackPDF 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_off0000dde4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5FB 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 105dbc8ef51662dfff99d8c20055a4516ed5971e5917eb4d9071b4959c7d7d15
font_02_sfnt_off00010ee9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE9 28364 bytes
SHA-256: a568241ab0049c16e9e2699bf83fafdfdc1e3d965f605f0bfd8d3d54f1d3da18