Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5eeabee4faa5113…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-02 14:05:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a164b67cedf9fbd2f50a8fdb782548d4 SHA-1: a2108741aff81c216466341a6a85e9f3de7fdd19 SHA-256: b5eeabee4faa5113dbd6d580318ec8be7dd548740e08808870646fde2ae06e4f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of numerous links on disposable hosting further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://dycmc.com/DATA/upload/files/202107262131437126.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/jopowatuwevomomubelasud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa48a84a6d4---magamunizuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/if3kmt0l7nkm50j430qqfbigdn/wubazijapijavaxomemapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f83d1e0ca2---fatufegep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/85322296369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/zemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d94b6ce9f6a---49990670367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771eab4e480---dunegib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eaae42ec33---vovexasarejire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/josagunawimemoxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herningbadintra.dk/app/webroot/upload/files/66999484507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prolocolidodisavio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8047012033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://helicopterleasingservices.com/userfiles/files/25409800703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a7db9e75c---devorigimavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.com/new/userfiles/file/pubafuvoluwusizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/wumupulapozidedumazajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/lovivafojov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd9312446f81fc6a40d50b73d735c8e5/kamisigutirikukulomejew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/32731171066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094105037dfd---lubalavopudadurel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dc5cc444c---50171348709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4dfd8b1bf---poputenawilevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f2729021d---44152457115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=kinemaster+mod+apk+no+watermark+digitbin+downloadPDF 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_off0000f0a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A7 11044 bytes
SHA-256: fe904c3b6666bb844dc4625fb46ae6b4d7bda78d651c0740afcd6b8ac81c1be7
font_01_sfnt_off000109ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109EA 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 14a164762a0c30b7b8cc5af937b138f972f293da23793a9152b3955caed7961e
font_02_sfnt_off00013842.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13842 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1