Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5776d640089e531…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:36:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1770eece41ea51b9399b9a7991c071ef SHA-1: d01747b34df436568e30483c9d70ad3244e135f5 SHA-256: d5776d640089e531b9ec2f3bca496f96a6fc41959c67e32782008291dc9cd959
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The presence of multiple links and the nature of the hosting suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://sushiosushi.com/uploads/files/mefoverugikej.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/25272422300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sourceit.ke/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/mipidokixosonido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e380d487d---nozubiradebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c603a420932---zokowipolijowokuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070daec61fe6---bosifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shacklefordlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lunudogalalokajibixat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-schools2.com/userfiles/files/95629048905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commsoft.nu/demo/ktb/wsmbilder/files/nitovabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idcla.net/upload/files/siwofuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bendhorseride.com/userfiles/file/panaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b2623e81a---pepipasep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750682ad5e1---lukifefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrapanel-alegjobbfutes.hu/userfiles/file/viwunivixerepubejazonax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hv2barrier.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99875312126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c208b4230---fipujetonavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8de56097bd---57885547069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitstroycraft.ru/source/file/danupupukomub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/fimitadulimid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cb173e785---34226008640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_E53672A6FE37DACD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laptopcuhaiphong.vn/upload/files/26539853694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58bad233aae608ae719fcbbdb2626ef0/2613681135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmt24.ru/files/file/xasukupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d378e2c86---90865614372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=rangeland+ecology+and+management+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_off0000dc5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC5A 10764 bytes
SHA-256: f08572ceca81b8aa994be24ac270c4d7e6ad81fceaf372220b92a94823443d3e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E8 17872 bytes
SHA-256: b3717eae68055cf345f4e9078e166afc39b4f40f6030f24a8a1d9dec1b79beab
font_02_sfnt_off000123d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1