Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5eeec9791d67f6fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:07:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1fde96ac54fcb13b21ad02ceac49229d SHA-1: d2b4e699dc484d49a838d0ea1063df1605100d09 SHA-256: 5eeec9791d67f6fa87ccf25caf74bd3f53645454338d9933381447ae320af758
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing or malware-distributing sites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://vwtint.com/userData/board/file/82497458319.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608161ce2fe5b---babalusawenamer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/42864093150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a365017271f---tiwufok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigsvatcharasith.com/userfiles/file/bogifokewuxabod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609478b6ead5e---87853333331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ld5sf2bd8634cjaf2nthbn5drk/nojodozikagovariboxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgxzz.com/uploadfile/file/20514269377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moderncarrent.com/user_img/files/kukidoguti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpsacademy.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/xemesikiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e72b600b2c---xebozalatapuvifuzulete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolauniversale.it/userfiles/files/tupulasufogewomipazutili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/42416187437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e049ab5291---kidavukole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mycocoa.org/images/upload/files/26549612281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/53847735119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ed31e51e4---wufasinuwomuwas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a1c52668c5a26eef6e8ef2fab648311/tadinevaxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/99814279000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/sazuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328992026d9---vivow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/salumuxegavawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nisslht2d4h5oo1tv2k3lp150o/48639678156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labsshop.com/d/files/kibuwokeranuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dac8bbeebd10367666ee3cda692f26b7/65659633392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alicekhenrylawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/radumuzefixigop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=veronika+decide+morir+pdf+completoPDF 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_off0000e426.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE426 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 006667a1adaba43f268bb18ee8817c402ff80efed286b20362214c71ee897fd0
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC8C 19144 bytes
SHA-256: b96b41d42fccae7dc6d012afcbcd1788b3d5f85a9b9b35ff7e17bfe52fd2ed69
font_02_sfnt_off00012d0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1