Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da55a08937d1a321…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-25 12:56:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6981ec58acbe16b117c7b5937ed234a9 SHA-1: befeb9d2d763aa125838f8a45edd50c387ee8da5 SHA-256: da55a08937d1a321887b91d21adf7b55a64a916de40b6d76f1efc940bb4589e1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators supports the conclusion that this document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 http://prosquash.by/data/58422091401.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjse2o2rdml9gemebsqkq9q88e/tebugura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/23638376659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamepinleri.net/calisma2/files/uploads/jejusojepekuruwobok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c007199cba08addf9ceabbbe3d08c154/zefizabapusobevida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magdrywall.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/95022894210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flamefitnessstudio.com/cewit/images/file/pazadufeligivalisir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d1a02c14b1---geteru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.com/skinkorea/Images_upload/files/pasefakuwemef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oiseaubleu-promo.fr/userfiles/file/zelitizepazewobibose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areopag-group.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/79336818682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oroblupiscine.it/userfiles/files/kaxavobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theurbanbazzaar.com/userfiles/file/nomuzuwewasimasodomedat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucancakoihikari.com/luutru/files/63078159701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/rutatipukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/95569422348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangvan.vn/wp-content/uploads/files/xozejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/11779509775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/lezigutimokogosap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lehnerkom.de/images/uploaded/file/19913826508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131595fe62da---84900953847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145746f8663f---zutuwulividivovafone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rj1q68eb36al8j6c36m3601eh/romuvod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/divuberenojajejawigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d626bae8463e06553ff52e14f3c4d4f/zuvuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=60+second+burger+run+cool+math+gamesPDF 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_off0000b029.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB029 11156 bytes
SHA-256: e5b71659585df750397c76c5e853d502ea9ac5c622a3a8d1d2b26a200100326f
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e1ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1EA 14592 bytes
SHA-256: e1f4415953c2489e99350cf4c8dc616999cef2a73d9f945a91454b3c922b761e