Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0d55ec4eef5528b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-08-15 00:05:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a96e9eea42e1f719dd9ada32be604530 SHA-1: 5c16a43c8a16ccf69c40c4fa31de0c132b339375 SHA-256: d0d55ec4eef5528b60536a30ff1f836db93768087cbaeab34f408e95ca1a93af
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and numerous URLs point to a malicious link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 https://stijsr.com/userfiles/file/39715574983.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://meandnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimufowerugekofoseduvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/11576526850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/927d00634e9bd3906bf5061191f0b10b/mepofaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/fichiers/lotexivakutikexogoviboko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4lcu842d2tc1qjhnirq8o8oo0j/27093260224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/63630260001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1cc2098cc2338892ed6896f1c8511d2/vupaxisajazupiludunibabav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/juvuwepazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcab8138228---logukikutizabadivojajobak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pathtojanna.com/userfiles/files/wujulugof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/22623835436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca0f0792d91---37785242505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/46437361249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lenosada.sk/editor_uploads/files/dalugodekofelexupabulem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rceeqasghki2sshq7heacn53v2/vemegonunot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chsins.tw/uploads//files/202108100141513258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qc2h1nne2dpq31bno0gaa1fpe/bipapixepixuroda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curewelldiabetes.com/userfiles/file/pujenula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e18410c0d---41463068348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b9a2975db---legupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff0ca4b3c2b4877870dc90a32ccbb123/gokum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=starbucks+barista+espresso+machine+steam+wand+not+workingPDF 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_off0000e906.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE906 17440 bytes
SHA-256: 869216c9573b6331baa5a07e963048f763a4a916bc96f8e9fbd95b8e23c2eb6a
font_01_sfnt_off00011676.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11676 11408 bytes
SHA-256: e0676e82466b00a57ee225a4174f0b93b2d397000b2cb681c81158859065b20a
font_02_sfnt_off000130d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1