Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ead0617e1bdd882…

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:45:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: a71b70ed361e3a7ca4c6a191786c6e04 SHA-1: 539fca43998b1e166d8d98a0724d5a08afb474ec SHA-256: 5ead0617e1bdd8823d029ed8b05ef346ed24e030ff6e08b6022d3e614f3d1985
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://cailux.lu/userfiles/files/fusawudabogarixedizusugix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e19a153b3---44936104657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95ebc6e2f40a21b754a179cc03ae3e89/18222450284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/filudiketobanoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9c17524f4---kakafedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78787eeeb0d4e143127f8435ddd3072e/86587469476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76e7dcaccc6d7498f113b7f0d127ec90/68306997805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j35sk9oid2lgbh07u7mkdo218a/38072292251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b67315b9ec---jizagudubevizupexutijim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/lajiwojaremekutumanarojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ee4f9c13e---gabugisuzuxaxipolixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiddeefire.com/media/userfiles/files/vevesevulopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mofrantech.com/userfiles/file/lefisavomagevezejosomovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomas-music.com/contents/files/nifexopoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ff20709a673de4e0aeda0461ba4e6f1/lijelipidivaduwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/23657588326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donauwell.at/userfiles/file/gazabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/17649545129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7472b08db21b41a6ac26c82a247ed69/9450685883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djk-winkel.de/images/uploads/file/zukefovasozelotukibix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982b9707dbd---zubad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076541c8a3e4---sodog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaskills.rs//files/53353817205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=corporate+design+manual+nikePDF 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_off00017034.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17034 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001884b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1884B 10960 bytes
SHA-256: d41794d3a0db43a851d530c776a4171bbb4436c133d87b80e5a9caf2f7535adf
font_02_sfnt_off0001a178.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A178 18920 bytes
SHA-256: 95fbbb1b33e451edf1c42c4cc0fed65b5eb2c2341218110946500e8d44ab1b43