Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5d3691dee3e8eb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.4 KB Created: 2021-07-29 17:34:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d0612a047ffafa3feccd4ef8e3b02522 SHA-1: c6a875ab38778d7bc966451b95e27bbb5bb7514a SHA-256: d5d3691dee3e8eb87bca7b08c6152f7e68ad2ac93b7c2c96745f81a34dc75e6e
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external sites, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE' strongly indicates the document's purpose is to deceive users with fake prize or parcel delivery notifications to extract money or credentials. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links and the nature of the heuristics point to a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc8b4dd333dc6ac743efe1a424320fe5/miwego.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39564620848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spielundlicht.de/content_provider/documents/files/67949510066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a670eed56055ed002b023433197b267f/52177472654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/buvejulopizapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/femukunebotoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/91079825891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/92064010560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75165a117b5761f276b4eb7fed21b334/36968056869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiddencliff.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210723_444059A1118EF70B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6e6fd1328b66c353927653def74e32f/dotitifewidagatoluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f9be315f1---316033668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b35e0ac9a4f---bogakufofitizofejixawed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovistar-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tazefagebisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c4639b3fa---difub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szolnokepul.hu/userfiles/file/52884843292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/74496395695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/17852223562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a709a3c622f---jekib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3els82tg0ss4a0n744b73i9243/bevusizokadajagise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effektfilm.de/files/file/zevilesikapivexinadedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area5srl.it/file/wuxelikakupixow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcd1d8d5f4---35276950540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=uk+postal+address+format+internationalPDF 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_off0001698d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1698D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000181a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x181A4 10756 bytes
SHA-256: f52ec2782b6dce00640456cfa313832e04ed4734071c91075e71e3921b8d5a6f
font_02_sfnt_off00019a5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19A5C 18476 bytes
SHA-256: 5e27c341323ec4276bd0bbef9ce0afdba007c457d75a15b459446fd69c4bbd29