Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fe5f6204258ec34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-28 02:49:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 1e67434a1ed82a06f16d952bd2fa2bc6 SHA-1: 98767ad054380840245aba0bb96e5b973635ecc1 SHA-256: 5fe5f6204258ec34d7af105ef9c0d061f0abeeb7e05599a5fd021091db750e0d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on disposable infrastructure or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download' button heuristic further supports the lure to download a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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
  • 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://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/70632788721.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lj2aqe6tt71hcta1pet9r8ib0m/58297004098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/81050219153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/gadobofididunajuzelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travisreunion.com/clients/1/1d/1d9c560ef9ee6310b862f4c9d288d7bd/File/185549535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801bd8d7d68---fimavopuxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/nalofuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cccbb3a867---mabedodofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b607265e012---fefutobuwetimovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//67400380052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3t167oa2ncfe4bf4j1ka6ppff7/susaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756c8336c4d---liroguxotezubeluletare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8460e436053dd4a51a65d49de24d2634/nememinalipidinori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8c83e6269f82c2b2eab9e2a293be229/muvuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/35827696241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2caabdbf2---41077107404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ba18c5b62a574e0df97d6a25e10fadd/49503482854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/xenunepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3009240c6e---47932700477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fj267s74vhrinf4mj8j693gb2q/56074163739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/bamakoreve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4793ce0d25b827b7d4f6433183727c0/71595623575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kimofanuxalagepijeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cace4367b74---35982425672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hack+offroad+outlaws+to+get+moneyPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e41d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE41D 11212 bytes
SHA-256: b9e3e948e15d9a96118ead71cb397735841e6f64236a26b8064df5950ee0dda5
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE1E 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae
font_02_sfnt_off00011425.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11425 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 0d739a10713daf43cc942eb61f1fe0f012d085e1e73ca9a7ded9a897bdd54f17
font_03_sfnt_off00014286.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14286 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1