Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5798eb4bd42c91a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:38:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f391c70b6beba28831fec53268196739 SHA-1: 7d4274f1718dd993e9cfb94b670b45aaad2c9678 SHA-256: e5798eb4bd42c91a3596afbff35a2e3278268fcacf31f7a18c732a092774062d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm. It contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a download button lure reinforces the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de926b3d003eb795c60ec2614dbb6ac4/11172271127.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081589b51200---matuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2854bc09f---fuzanas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfd71893e5---mumezadetenezasomujisojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shophouse.info/images/files/vexomosopawajakeberi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/69777731618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b742ef85f90---mibelelime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ng7sj2cgcqqcmhtvhb5q48fu29/25223943138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/takesoborawirebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e325d818da---9600422766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73f3c8f879---67711219352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbcasc.net/imgs/file/9334994826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalpr-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0358563001625538679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/2853422073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlinendttraining.com/files/rukaxesugebapewov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766e856990f---53989953343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/43880124335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bajosozuzud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusburbank.com/uploads/files/12814325660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/jurebix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e401793269c4f3d69ab0fa42c37b945/74503956564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/seribonigibekuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=connotation+and+denotation+worksheet+with+answersPDF 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_off0000e419.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE419 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC30 10508 bytes
SHA-256: bc1c6b147836990cfce0f5b986ca1f2e9beed82d88a26e70dea74d7ce47ea1de
font_02_sfnt_off0001142b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1142B 18456 bytes
SHA-256: ab49075a12055512357eab2dd7ed7b91126146a8a2577ce9f61c1994d06ee652