Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db5bee0ce8c673a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:02:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 65936352b2339a529cb0a26dd1141b06 SHA-1: 7d0367f8e3a27e4e1d56d211a2b81cdea54486e5 SHA-256: db5bee0ce8c673a4b550ee223e2c724dbc1a122e75e435ba5ee3aaff34f70242
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, designed to lure users to download further malicious content. The embedded links are part of a link farm strategy to distribute malware, likely through a phishing or social engineering pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 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.
  • 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://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c805fc419f---4070813991.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-fryazino.ru/upload_picture/file/fazunapafix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopgraeagle.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/sekavidumorixodemudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/famifane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021071410531422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130cf0d8e7b4---newugapujufeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/21246149950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e29b325d9---fitozujovinal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/nepidugebumibiripovuxumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/78119022568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butchercurnow.com/img/shop//contents/liwizadunasuzeduvewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brigitte-farner.ch/userfiles/files/vumodivazoval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ek2hcie90qgj1265pggjmgtoq7/dapikapume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/291029373667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcenevents.nl/site/upload/files/wozakugakobepinomakigero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinxinhouseware.com/uploadfile/files/zudafeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mailing.crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/folowofisaxesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080aafd268b1---migunivipofimej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ded8bb4657a---50170457564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24883509705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/96002645838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161211afcd8d03---36550596861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/31651081271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b800379f0fa---nupiginedosadosebufubole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=flora+y+fauna+de+honduras+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_off0000d92a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD92A 10596 bytes
SHA-256: a9cd2342f6dfb88be9f41002ac5ef1a3a6a798e2c4cd7b00879416c7b2ea9f95
font_01_sfnt_off0000f149.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF149 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 56203ec72ae9d01cb64a4b6c447cdc76c9cfc6f36832544285c1ba14f03daf57
font_02_sfnt_off00011df2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1