Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5fe3475052774a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-08-14 02:25:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 458ede0dcd40c543ecc97c46cb0be05d SHA-1: 618af703e46608607b36d838f4798cfb6406828e SHA-256: d5fe3475052774a47c60cb639d35c685ca5c0ca348943a9d9dd5946601a50fa3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various PDF files hosted on diverse domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests a link farm designed to lure users into downloading more malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zaririxa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--faades-mtal-n9a6a.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37322813725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/kamufukewejeguju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824b0d1c55c---12524528126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a292bf0562d---binejuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/44028905618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed05440745c---pimatowixonuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photou.cc//ckfinder/userfiles/files/79518215829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc62db0bc89f000707abb3484ae06fff/lipugev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/43003575590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/modesiforepamunol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/69889270806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sto8oemeqhg3s4ue821eu215g2/pekuxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myvideoclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/12208641793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/52006327441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/940f0c9ef736c5a30ad378026cac5079/dosezuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b80e6a7254---45858492836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60cc9116311bd3d61e720117000d883b/pugetasupulowabidevir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9i3m9ut2r1qaagabsb5g4sthv7/sopusubinibulezaforibogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d72dd9931---74206088787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609444b8272cd---39242786723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e544da5a72f2ab4ec135606e97a97c6/94665395130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3lgp7nktqmf7el2mmo4kgutdf2/puxubaret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=case+files+internal+medicine+6th+edition+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_off0000f1cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1CD 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 5c0b795d3880695b09d7f588cd1d41b9568a429a0850c7d035616d7f02f44083
font_01_sfnt_off00010b65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B65 25884 bytes
SHA-256: e6a204eaec5f691110b65f28c1e25dfc9e5b87f86da51a8d9b9a95c067e3a653
font_02_sfnt_off0001446b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1446B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1