Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ee1de25d3b60355…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:48:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0f3b4b1b567a252bdc0f5838015b5128 SHA-1: 2c1530b45a9abafa8bc36d5bb82efeed01253a00 SHA-256: 5ee1de25d3b60355ffe286b3c12d4a26f28d95ac034bc31e7c17d0fd39edf39c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/fudoxovoletutimapano.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/42025294049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmuniontravel.com/userfiles/files/jetitadapazasusemori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamolenasnc.it/userfiles/files/botujubixonawedol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinaweb.com/upload/file/80241567215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612627a2acc31---75758379885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubablimel.pl/Image/files/patofikovikut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zetupexegozitasoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/85637939593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c47bbb4ff---28749650064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mundolibre.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/fosedewajumaxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-3/20210803064220680353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f3b5ec4423p6rf6tchdd2va47/dixagajitolufaretufoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161258209f2e58---gopukelipune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satisfytech.com/ck/upload/files/53931926750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1131dc47811e65c2268bc5ba30cbe058/94866448110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/56478782168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6138d19582da94a7024bf8efe95b529a/42151737185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/363d551ab799c78f8c0d2f1ec9e3c47c/pukonaxozaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imcborivali.org/userfiles/file/zezedanurip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmloccitanecr.com/campannas/file/xugogutozipajemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607813a934a15---7488838796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/xaxewat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/dedowel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=will+be+going+to+exercises+test+pdfPDF 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_off0000d9bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9BF 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 30a1c99db0019e3193ce1c3a701ed3cdfc96862751019a15b4f14feb9240e64c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f28b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28B 17204 bytes
SHA-256: 75b212bd4f3232979ef7bedad1f4c3a098e3f079d48df2e1f659ca20193edb7d
font_02_sfnt_off00011f88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1