Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ec71561ddba000c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 01:26:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a7582fe7ede8518ed87d6d4ca8b8e038 SHA-1: 47e45b8ea56b472c3916b20233603ff828ca18b3 SHA-256: 5ec71561ddba000cd1aef053e9a4857b942890513f80c06270778a7c846e0895
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. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or lead users to phishing sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL analysis point to a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://brickchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60355543390.pdf
    • http://mvdeastudio.it/userfiles/files/newalofogisujomuve.pdf
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021090914451947.pdf
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/jegatejutojefedikobavi.pdf
    • http://szamosiszerviz.hu/feltoltott/files/taxugawabowaxopetazale.pdf
    • http://thepnguyentran.vn/media/ftp/file/rememi.pdf
    • http://demirlermetal.com/resimler/files/19790186720.pdf
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vemizuzuxixoludesofilofa.pdf
    • http://kystar.net/filespath/files/20210918042233.pdf
    • http://boxshop.mn/userfiles/files/4177614377.pdf
    • https://likeevent.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/gorekerufijopo.pdf
    • https://andreivieru.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89548235553.pdf
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137709ee13a5---38731376187.pdf
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31860928402.pdf
    • http://rovitek.com/userfiles/file/97366339273.pdf
    • http://ky-auto.com/uploadfile/files/56492807998.pdf
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dgak1eav2h2ikk1his5b06fovp/zutut.pdf
    • http://naszemotyle.natura2000.pl/imgturysta/files/sixunojasalon.pdf
    • http://qualityspices.in/ckuploads/files/93519211086.pdf
    • http://gesundheit-im-blog.de/userfiles/file/15293731806.pdf
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210915_902819EFEDDD5CEF.pdf
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iguqeq6a73p96jron9qkuac5k1/41286618326.pdf
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/jasubugowe.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+acrobat+premium+apk+full+android
    • 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_off0000dabc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDABC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2ce.bin
bc92b72061666b6698d109e2676ed81827e6a0813eb3741132f0d94416a71981
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CE 20048 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001259a.bin
d0c76e5e4bec5837cf1c827a154206a1d6374ed8d0fe29def47bf161c508c94c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1259A 10924 bytes