Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ed968bc8c91e1ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:52:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b468681f3833e5b700dc6e43c2faf695 SHA-1: fe1305c51900f3f35a5c62668017427d38517eb6 SHA-256: 5ed968bc8c91e1ad8e7473da81a2e550e585554ab5e4a08532075778a420af5f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites hosting other PDF files. The 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using compromised web servers to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80veealq9k7oj4dqkns5dp9fk4/46080647544.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cpviettin.com/upload/files/jenekime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8be7d19c21---wewajiwakek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944ee15c84c---bepogatebopebomupagemalix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a811429eeb7---wamovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemanssrl.it/file/32984794038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/jokixibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukgoobok.com/files/fckeditor/file/24866787381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbgng30vqmjud1bb99h87rslu1/45885489499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydungphongphu.com/uploads/files/doruragavilogaruxoniforo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/redopuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://covinahigh1980.com/clients/1/14/147ee80f0cf2e08ca1b5067d21485a43/File/guzunataz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tappowine.com/file/tarifisovuraluzaluxaxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/69841560528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents//files/52416602415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc84143cbc---petasipipimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/vixumasigukapazoxobudadut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a35e07491a251d5be5cdd7c5206f4fd4/dubebukugeduvuwudogenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3j26lcs8bttn7ujatb7a8d3d2/82648186696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ece15e5f4---83189549232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaziogluenerji.com/images_upload/files/xikubiluma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/diwopevaxulason.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc0kq2mcdcs39iqd9d6nv4ralj/divaxumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eviljoy.com/UserFiles/File/88314336154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67437772514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=after+giving+birth+quotesPDF 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_off0001014f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1014F 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 1b91e33168337a6a439ac28c35b3d38273bfb3aee1d36792dfa7fe5c5c4e85d6
font_01_sfnt_off00011994.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11994 17796 bytes
SHA-256: 9a280e136f84d9017a69cd25c1c74bd9df2f20fac979fb67432fc45e6ad4fc5d
font_02_sfnt_off000147b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1