Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e555bbf36141749b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-09-14 06:02:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d165c5aa0f6251a4957afa83678b715d SHA-1: 68fcc44b444fe583053d633cdab559f1099a4161 SHA-256: e555bbf36141749b83acc2343eee50931710cd0d4db0a039a557d31da06647e5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure of downloading potentially harmful files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://kingbakerypans.com/userfiles/file/47445923197.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.greddy.com/admin/common/ckfinder/userfiles/File/gujuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/77038542306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/47075736911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nujhimachal.in/img/uploads/files/86304636552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a04b0907578d8e4756a850cd3bdafce/lapisozumawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyuangang.com/UserFiles/file///20933999155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326652e6127---12990953924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlinhchivietnam.net/userfiles/image/file/gaguzafekatojexazuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.notusweb.com.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97535483096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88333a9bf59e2dcdaa4059e68cea1482/28999606370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martabaktelor.com/contents/files/noviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adice-area.com/pictures/files/lasajeloziwifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613179990b6f8---fozimiremosofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://media-production.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sabofevakimapuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hangnhatbanonline.com/upload/files/finewobekoxujapuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofcourselc.com/admin/uploadsfile/43473775465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niweroborimosafos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/79972664529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailpark.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/14122348873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-roubenky.cz/UserFiles/File/86343828774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceroki.com/image/files/33232826461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a49106f54d---23139550542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=multiling+pashto+keyboardPDF 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_off0000eb03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB03 24032 bytes
SHA-256: ff4f6e458cb06fb1726414e22cd0779af711cf948aa64b010375b05aff25db01
font_01_sfnt_off0001282f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1282F 11112 bytes
SHA-256: aa75ae45356f71cff9e9f72e1094e2c9806d2202ef7bd4b7102b838727c466e1
font_02_sfnt_off000141aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1