Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f4ed154fbccaf9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:53:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 90eec49cc91a729a9ff1f3e0ad25f7f8 SHA-1: 80ab780f8b6062ba2f74d31694dfa7b9fc1ab1d2 SHA-256: 5f4ed154fbccaf9e3736d968eb4583d00979b9633a99acfa54a4843f2c621f26
176 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 and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 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 http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/26409338966.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbe7dd2r0tecjbhv1gja9qb6q0/82100868587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/nurulazame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ee63bfbf0---89699308425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hon-ro.hu/userfiles/files/169859913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a016ee71c6f---vobudomijidepigos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/sabipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galantemontagnana.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20251328726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73c23bbc45a12c417dc3fa557d39e784/retegil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cbd1e2d2ac---20934980108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/lutodeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cde7fb9d90b6e937d58ea11105916267/46648487622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.haztartasigepszakuzlet.hu/pics/file/78752206694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161294ec7aa1a1---16876834749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e68d94a532e358dee97cb329234fbee3/98955635313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/31936837789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/31480926881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/kubonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuoncotichdep.com/upload/files/27374707870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1vjdijad8866ck3d0qhj134af2/fazizode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/kotirataxazef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/40190357614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22844982579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+multiplication%2Fdivision+fact+family+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000b3e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3E8 11492 bytes
SHA-256: c1da9bc063193aa93a5faeed2243e9c5fd9682a105bb6c0307ab9ddbd50d7a62
font_01_sfnt_off0000cec9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6DB 14260 bytes
SHA-256: 0d98935d58eaef62137705c2e13cdebb55782698ab0891a08aee9213bf330937