Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 656e9ae8263a3837…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-07-18 11:37:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ba5a5e3b17d8ba6b913a8dc0986db43b SHA-1: 3d98a1fb3f39e976ded3b02497c1c8515d67241e SHA-256: 656e9ae8263a3837ac76200aa270faa1e8af9f3426e6f80a3223bdca458869e6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, characteristic of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9704

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/94000603277.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fsgpj.com/upfolder/e/files/20210614214211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d14381f194158de06c24f7aa629e9a60/25975059265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szolnokepul.hu/userfiles/file/dixiwefagedakis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starsunited.at/upload/files/82918225434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportschoolindex.nl/images/uploads/76301172372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tpbtqmfnbb24sk75gbv04jh7j/80361521595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/gozuvijotat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekselantechnology.solutions/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soresedafavowosunofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab80772c6e---52666179384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad136cabe7---559816460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovec.bg/root/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xepofot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/laxala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53acf127b7b17638e801a4ed32ed6fbb/77557238019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsekmont.eu/userfiles/file/turogukaditaseloxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985dcaaac04---58406772926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dnkvloomng08vqka7sgue588f/letubejoposawuxojawutuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/seridujuzemenumuweburusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1f983acf0---34152032450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160990f920c070---59739282788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc76c0a8b1386dd318a72ec236cfa09c/69040621739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98f44c0b29---39469996490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://branchennachweis.eu/userfiles/file/53645954489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/65399522864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc11d6da59---jawoluvodiwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d96522859---tofutoveje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+speak+hi+in+chinesePDF 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_off0000fe5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE5E 19828 bytes
SHA-256: f207bb216fc179a54345b5067858c6896c30562a1557481384d878e3e85cf05f
font_01_sfnt_off00012ed7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ED7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000146ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146EE 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 2eab44698a6a94ce6f41d33c558c3d2beb646a6a505eeb2a7e1c54a9e7b59f36
font_03_sfnt_off00015ecc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15ECC 11004 bytes
SHA-256: c7d41b0257014bedbb98b6c631cc96cc07fab8185f5f84d491086a92d06f46dd