Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5115d35cb3d4802…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-08-29 10:15:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 0afe306eef8d9be9216e7bd76a24ab0f SHA-1: ef59597e7eaed351fde1ce7ffd16bc02352dbe6c SHA-256: e5115d35cb3d4802b22e4d0bab8fcc3fda4af556f901978e68f6e41389c7e952
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, contains embedded JavaScript and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+fifa+20+offline+android PDF link annotation
    • http://kzlo.pl/fotki/fotki/file/56267816736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savalis.ru/userfiles/file/dilotusadonatuxunaradugim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080466ee3b0c---gewamibujepeladafibas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761a8506a13---96084349300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.css-jp.com/upfile/files/2021/08/06/32845688570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/dakuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siahotel.com/userfiles/files/xizawawidilufezurotafem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/98090059181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leasingtowers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94530162557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/34378237343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/xegibudixemumanudagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65411356447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58ed7f99d1685ff5bcde7198e6231ffc/zumamexazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0643a1954f6fbc0eb47788dea69b2774/68209814690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phayaotechno.com/UserFiles/File/19136238505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/87014180502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lnpro.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dekufovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0fb133ff7652b63d9c91cdcfa543467/fefujejuwudagiwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16129553cce164---73609701638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608078bf985d5---gixuzosezeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://subarini.ro/mm/file/52019741028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cybernet.asia/UserFiles/File/10955948684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://producedepot.us/userfiles/files/97613884779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b4dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4DC 14268 bytes
SHA-256: a19892e0e9d2102e9e50ce3821dcda4f667de9a478832499ae9353de94d0eeaa
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f001.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF001 10408 bytes
SHA-256: 625e2026aa583be10ad26a6bbe6bf2eb79b4c8e7c43f3ffff50b87045710e269