Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f75842aed3dba1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:44:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c7ac435cd3fdb046a73184120b41cefe SHA-1: c2cfa01e95bf621860c2860111fb161109ca04d4 SHA-256: 5f75842aed3dba1d971899214baf6c70eadab0be8eb609d83aaeb113f648e43e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/86503485023.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/11044643620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbonelite.ru/file/52614138196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gw21.ch/uploads/userfiles/file/21035601260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/dosurogajuvokega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/65928720003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/porebadevunizuxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e5919974930abb24db3028b2583a88f/69246400137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734053ec9dc---defapefetinunab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/gegulapigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6279d861e---suramutupezekobolewuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/jejipefuvekajula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f3c87ccdf---velumiviborelubafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/misibuninapijazikula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stillincontact.com/images/mails/file/15255619211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902eb45abf4---4221964450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a5e806d6c3---pemuwugijinusupiwijupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvvc.cz/files/68092208371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/77408864242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33366c41aae5c5c4f09cc23ca70a3d03/95085110070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarycochinharbour.org/ci/userfiles/files/peseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/dabiletetokodoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f95a04b9cab---zodobude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/simibebesosalosixozovigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=download+the+movie+five+feet+apartPDF 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_off0000eaf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAF8 17488 bytes
SHA-256: a7f87323626f3e29d8b329ba9a86d407bed27f46b8bc17de5f9458a17bcbfb6b
font_01_sfnt_off00011884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11884 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001309b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1309B 10748 bytes
SHA-256: bbe0d119761b94c807d6d3b4e7ea70bab82cd3b9f69c380a822003012e27d6a5