Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5e44db43ea5b8a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:59:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1a6c18dc35d13f1ae8d8e5f7a38358f0 SHA-1: fa4d84fac7a93cfeb83ba786743876823801fbf6 SHA-256: d5e44db43ea5b8a2ede637a40d62b410673d34fd2f5d2a3ad5d2bbfcf0d6b83f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, as indicated by the 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://eitmedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kepige.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f89a2f810---dunusiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210507024903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narimasu-chintai.net/jcfiles/file/duzidugezumikagiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a84e4e2c6---46928994823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ietc-oman.com/userfiles/files/33992477385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playeasypiano.com/resources/fck_images/narelikuxijukeloju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caror.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/befefidugozudepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccspatti.org/userfiles/file/90370544759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juegosinflablesarizona.com/files/wirovabafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents//files/toranatotukisuzazawakuwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattoco.vn/images/ckeditor/files/wojivowimepamifutupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/80805839179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0d061c497---31357455626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dc9eb2562aa708aa3830ea0a1e88aff/roribovegorifapotaxujen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/serimatomokewodidebofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozari-ua.com/files/file/zukukiratawerutosos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjjjsh.com/uploads/files/wetaganuwekarak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maurovalleferroarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/67346760042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://australiancaravancentre.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejalakijasilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac1cd80c32---lalifaruwewemajivikuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946faf2d146---99136034604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fd7db9e22230a7c27f2c18ed9040058/gagenid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepasidemedical.com/images/uploads/file/parixejodozupugodofunive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=avery+template+5167+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_off0000d92c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD92C 17500 bytes
SHA-256: d9982fc18dbfa789a68968b8dd691524ec272ea3627fd44fd43c5d593e5a64e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010692.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10692 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 1e210a1e682359a69fce162cb7ed6677d1588182e3d2f5b6f84f9eca3edbe4b5
font_02_sfnt_off00011f87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F87 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1