Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5179440e65d1b38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-24 17:10:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e04cd25061fa0261b70b4ba2edaa6ba6 SHA-1: 6d11aafb83e921be2d05c88ff4ac0d637e34dc95 SHA-256: e5179440e65d1b384de01980dae5816b55fd7521872446c9c6544b41563b1716
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a single image, typical of a screenshot designed to trick users into clicking an embedded link. The document hosts a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links indicates a strong likelihood of redirection to malicious infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 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.
  • 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://icbiz.ru/userfiles/file/lugodatuzosagibepav.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ec42f0b8b---16115153566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wignaccent.com/FCKeditor_2.6.3/userimages/file/20210912215342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromoink.com/updates/file/76410095395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://varida-tech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66613631559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicaalcantara.es/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/rabawejikakafajeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4c10cadb8f3e597082454eb148737dc/majenujiwekelujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szigmetal.hu/editor_up/69620239634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phayaotechno.com/UserFiles/File/58064075040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.bgk-meshkova.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18845482923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.de/fichiers/newsletter/file/sixilibixotexitefolozor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.com/userfiles/files/26905139151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/43052209453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sudeoksa.net/userfiles/file/20210911120816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kibledergisi.net/resimler/files/23176887020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogasol.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16284425410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/mivopovovuvezapogolud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133fa2016835---74132244414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c42502c9d7---losawedibebajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/vusibidabaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alburigiott.it/userfiles/files/punowenuwura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/3333684152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccmiennam.com/media/ftp/file/84269223726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=peter+rabbit+2018+full+movie+onlinePDF 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_off0000ad8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAD8D 11016 bytes
SHA-256: ab64947d1d0b5f632e0b01d5bc298d77658d29491112f60d0816d5944e296595
font_01_sfnt_off0000c739.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC739 14068 bytes
SHA-256: 2e622c8c7e17c9e0685bc0df47e2136f49f923fef4bb73adb5a10c5f1a4f83da
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1