Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0e56aee03974e54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-06 16:34:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: bbb621f491420cb5c85a28ef075e461a SHA-1: 5935bffbe35393b627149b2a8e5e6a9174dee9f3 SHA-256: b0e56aee03974e54ac6ed9fcf503c10d2a95bea9f0501d53ba89837e2f531238
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/80514344043.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f89f20ef53---totux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c2ac951fa3---37445160834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/41766838555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kozmetikadunakeszi.hu/userfiles/file/71756150399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d5978e4da---fagigesufitisapolopiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a457f330c05---22735219429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f46b78f8d7---manuravixefenibekorede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevimotor-rock.hu/files/files/gugupasep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b280fb58d2adcc8f6bb8a63cd48d5229/luvawavoxipatebukelev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/gogajolek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607feaad80f8c---nawuguzuveloxemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torbay.ru/images/uploads/file/654819853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northmarking.com/userfiles/files/47571882193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camwater.org/media/files/kefususovex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/41737771890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf9365e20a---21961565210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emrc.ie/upload/imagecontent/file/gexumaferixibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f8ffb6353---vuwewigivegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3250c244c---lukiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailycan.com/userfiles/files/mikasus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/powedobojifizef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016montemayorreunion.com/clients/e/e5/e530e98a7ee505477716bae2fe71cdef/File/85888600193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9422b9be3192a94c9002375ae369c73a/91353917862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghioroiu.ro/sites/default/files/file/72671839462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8451901ab---50612675475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=permutations+and+combinations+worksheet+with+answersPDF 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_off0000d792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD792 18424 bytes
SHA-256: a0faef4e0e39b3f2d08e527d05b23fe9e09fb024ef0b4f1a91f40d1be7f7c834
font_01_sfnt_off000107d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011fe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE5 16088 bytes
SHA-256: d06246de5fbca08a8e71b3266423534d5cc020e17a1f81eafc946de7058d617f
font_03_sfnt_off0001351c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1351C 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 073d990bcb898e41c8704a7d6b5b64f3ff805c6e53ad7a046f959ca70aa37eb7