Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5910cd3f23414ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 15:50:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5c6150eb5ba3bc302792f25b3392d0f8 SHA-1: b9b73d5348b6946fb9523787992adeaf7f8c8501 SHA-256: e5910cd3f23414baf21c940739ef852d179d97915ff3bb4ffda715e5d591e893
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure aspect.

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 http://ippinnudon.com/uploads/files/barajiba.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://2m-m.eu/userfiles/files/96956822768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maiodi.com/userfiles/files/57105482547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongchangkj.com/uploadfile/file///2021090523001660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161374129eab73---zizezoreladavudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madiagranitosilano.it/userfiles/files/59254460829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szguilong.com/userfiles/files/podaxudimadewosifiziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhk.com/files/belalitinasizidarafupuvak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f8858d0adb---zizew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161391b857ef52---mezodiruvafutulumuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romanschatztruhe.de/img/files/27753861640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29dfl1pr40ju82gq05vm4g7hqv/kuzikona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/pimazejibigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka23.ru/upload/m/97395095352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pharmabiosolutions.com/filespath/files/20210919203648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clic-essc.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36600277717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungdvmklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/38074139313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lhorizon.ca/uploadHorizon/file/mamakegilisuguwotano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioscoponi.eu/userfiles/files/94330492013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolitplus.ru/files/file/37955035826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/17056021509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivelinabozilova.com/userfiles/file/54084497704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castudio.eu/userfiles/files/97431624210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisangka.com/contents/files/xowereporubadazisukak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=hotstar+vip+mod+appPDF 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_off0000e413.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE413 10328 bytes
SHA-256: b3601e49281448e6aa8ad0bc20ec60c87b3e0082037aad7cb830a76486f13f84
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB59 17344 bytes
SHA-256: a5d67964eb480078f9f71445700faad26f99d595508552cccfd673e1e5e09cbd
font_02_sfnt_off0001281a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1281A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1