Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 995be5fbb67fa074…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:54:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f5f092ea44d91b2132ffb28bb5ab1e1a SHA-1: 3f5923d5d5a4bb636dce5cf624d1d1ac7b07c511 SHA-256: 995be5fbb67fa074173d7e3d131be61ea25094fff2416a3b166006f9b24b94e2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/75018327819.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gallery4walls.com/upload/editer/file/67366164776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/dolemexogotovakiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccshecea.org/upload/files/65746065927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef00bb67f6565cc58df10c98babbda4b/kamixemenawemutuwuvonazot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thfjor734mqh6cporsbmj8j35k/46669675598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca2623b576c---2471218543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/674ac1e06c78df3da6baf577346fd20b/61338317142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/godizezefev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072332a02719---pawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dnuere99k2sn570fqi0horfqf/25553142632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f608e5a3d9---pigepavedekizuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/webijosanowifusijimune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/59320491869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhsuasolieu.com/media/files/88386337697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a509a92570666b792f7cad0f1d9ab776/fuzewar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/548efbm80j0a6umqenngebf1kf/70390137850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c073b92bf---zotog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodthings.us/userfiles/file/8922519843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27741e5634---56268865061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/mavan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kion8d66urm4h8i41kf1ipjk3f/jinabonuziligofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ab86bf60eee6d6c63ac0531eca0258a/42634400190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b57a62e140---81970701201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/657597476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-domrep.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51524154708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=florante+at+laura+tagalog+pdf+filePDF 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_off000101a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101A7 18960 bytes
SHA-256: f74d7f353080e00501e860218513c320eaf751d888e501241389ae120b0a11a5
font_01_sfnt_off00013314.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13314 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014b2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B2B 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 86bbb1be4747ea1efac6fcd13bcfeb276359ea6d20b138b97035b55d2dfc2df0