Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e55b261947e886db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.2 KB Created: 2021-07-17 23:01:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 502ac33830abda6e00d9753d7bb11ad7 SHA-1: f5839bad60d21f657e6f951d88b1f206c9163d29 SHA-256: e55b261947e886db949ff32287069530a679c0c0d11257b8aa089a7fd737a5b6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, some of which host PDF files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further suggests a lure to download a payload. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/10364001364.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://w.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lutogavawusodirexarosuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce8f4da085---23745639659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://v-lukomorie.com/uploader/files/vetofafot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d157e3ed8---sowabisirudomipilutiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kinogigant.com/sadm_files/91666579541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7246b05a61---75272825183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1623157935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxbotanika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fojuduwakiwunuramagag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29a87775383135fa1e4e4facdd9749b2/89911789375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalaichau.com/files/lawixijosabapuxawovog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/gematuxiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c99d975b428---wuvomikijuborikosoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084850f75893---40251270816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd34e6e717---46137682827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/40315819676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea7b44001f8ccff7e3b50eeaa29f37ac/18098618191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biometria.pl/photos_fck/file/70340450318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7106f4a4e2---jisilalijuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b806698e95cb8392c4423a1d8ab47e7/rezawivanizirug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/35685037082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5l86r08d1q2fgc6fakvkovmbt/37962780633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=compare+two+excel+tabs+and+highlight+differencesPDF 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_off0001278f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1278F 11428 bytes
SHA-256: ccd0342f19df04b26b8c2f17e66b3469c21ef53d81c3a4569421998860138bc4
font_01_sfnt_off000141f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141F7 17368 bytes
SHA-256: 9f7bb3421e639dd880441b24ea9b1b65e292c7396b56bc73753ff18e2d9aa43e
font_02_sfnt_off00016f1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1