Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5649352331c3f5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:06:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bee152729aec7e1dd964fb5d88289044 SHA-1: 93f4422f0b5bfb4b2fe8fe8a49bf97317136ed06 SHA-256: b5649352331c3f5da42c2fdd9bd176331b40e2bbce0e34e059a713700243b21c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. These links are likely intended to lure users into clicking them, potentially leading to phishing sites or malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db0ecebea24040354741b52179bb471b/roxiwefekijomunaxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sartoriaventurini.com/userfiles/files/tubuxosegurit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f2a4ee45537ee0096b09fff5b718b75/86090234714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68685668875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/57166151932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078fa00108a6---56104698399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/18634154291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alburigiott.it/userfiles/files/15235194641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d27e4f88086---popavuduxufafuxopejasabib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609657fa544e1---84817916005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f210p8epn7mq7pnd065rpmn0t7/guwuwukedikelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103cf4ed17a7---73790958856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812c308993c---86923423271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/ranutamumawuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/vumotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083bc773719b---biwukarefiroju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/risusexijoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/kutiguwiraguzumusemos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaalu.com/luutru/files/nesaruxobebajujidosurazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fsagolubnj4elv1rsm23aschtv/49297281552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f226461734456c59fbbdbe9903537bcf/35621142445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f3bf1d8eb---mitemofejonixenukinejife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapelguild.com/images/usr/gubewolulebuweked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=urban+and+regional+transportation+planning+pdfPDF 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_off0000e541.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE541 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 5b255465b98e35a840c21eebfdd6ebb0585e5a3fd864e6dabee69042216d72d6
font_01_sfnt_off0000fddb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDDB 19376 bytes
SHA-256: a96f74dbc2b1d3f3d027e82d336eb1dcf2bc4f8d4d87aa0b29bee2a4c3834d8a
font_02_sfnt_off00012fed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1