Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0079b4454fbdb46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 09:29:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5f67d8bff5c003e7712f72b15b7fc5cc SHA-1: 88ed188bf4767da2150ae9073e83c52ad5794251 SHA-256: d0079b4454fbdb469d020845df4aa0781bbb51529623e77ee837765150c5663b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and embedded links. The document contains a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or manipulate search engine results. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of a malicious intent to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/vapexozi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ritascreation.com/userfiles/file/98137360725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermiradiatoriai.lt/images/files/fogor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58571d5088c1d6f13ab072fb4a6da21f/7151671942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjgyuanhong.com/v15/Upload/file/20219181210182256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinastom.ru/userfiles/file/99390205949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/22462355249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michellenevinracing.com/FCKeditor/file/15760889560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents/files/14971981787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangallagn.com/images/file/58102506785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwwilson.com/uploads/files/59195383114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-olomouc.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zikelenedipunita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hurghadalife.net/userfiles/files/70406073860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gres-k.cat/userfiles/file/wakufixajowikuvorenatif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsijiqing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2021/0909/d900e0a09bfe901411cec194f898318b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osheamaloneynylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/82785964736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/zodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nature-revive.org/files/file/ladunalepexadezuzuwajemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almavilag.hu/files/files/losepabowixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oprandi.it/userfiles/files/98438302264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramvetro.net/userfiles/file/9517540490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364b0da9c59---28309071428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://racecross.com/upload/edito_fckeditor/file/3287346709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161387effac8a5---43298107705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/devudazugotobitisutumaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=timeline+of+early+humansPDF 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_off0000b37d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB37D 13716 bytes
SHA-256: bb851560d99b6b035775549cb0eced65a5154e5b28293e09f07c7d3efdc49133
font_01_sfnt_off0000d540.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD540 10560 bytes
SHA-256: b5908e0930c89ad08d3314e56cae5c0382cb2b8452c5b63300c4f314603a1187
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1