Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f1bd298472bd8db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 10:27:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fc3ba467b66ced7e9d335646efc37ad2 SHA-1: 6a1bda5dfceaf49d40df71da151c07adfd8f6270 SHA-256: 5f1bd298472bd8dbc3dbadf099fd41b75e9b9fc56232200149c1d43a8d3bf9dc
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure with a screenshot overlay. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect users. The presence of a 'utm_term' parameter in one URL indicates a potential phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=downloading+voicemails+from+android PDF link annotation
    • http://heatexchangersolution.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905222227145797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesemlak.com/test/images/uploads/files/bifog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/bitufaropunepom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelmlevin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/todaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.web-globus.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2663739981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rutka.pl/media/upload/files/dee92f1122f24935ae57e32bf9000f65.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c359c7b07448a5a20086cfaa8e06be78/malemuwosananumudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longislandinvestmentadvisors.com/nini/userfiles/file/vosexaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/semigad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://087334211.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47986113494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicon-msk.ru/data/files/97173966274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-camper.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88077333262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/gesosumuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135114ae2618---90281968518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuanx.com/v15/Upload/file/2021913348149255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/fubizedasew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatbiodiesel.com/userfiles/file/70047557600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///85865616935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/83635885673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f801ae4544---povesevewupibub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnam-pump.com/userfiles/file/88967471688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/46560335726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxag.com/upload/browse/file/kezagiremufevaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/49598439109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavo-bazar.cz/userfiles/file/vosadivabowakanavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b48d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB48D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC9F 14208 bytes
SHA-256: cd32c7e6677257bda4997c136e6e77ef8e69262c8646a8449704464c095922fb
font_02_sfnt_off0000eff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF1 10876 bytes
SHA-256: b080c6f16e6d6fb16c7f9a4cc60299ca02eaa662ea69fce11b4a62d2f8118093