Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5d1bf559ba048b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:35:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 909890da383b8dcc79bf9b62b755bb0c SHA-1: 89a22d4057edc3903cc4557babed23112abc46f4 SHA-256: e5d1bf559ba048b3fca84e30af46dc6cfe2bdea420de3b617a064d1329cce484
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. Static analysis revealed it functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious websites for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/56397672914.pdf
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/97719617791.pdf
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0f842b189---daporugodebizejugil.pdf
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/sexopatuvigidanaxedewu.pdf
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24812fda13b179b8d587451505cf6b97/76215339238.pdf
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c1bde1ee2---55867344908.pdf
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0c2b6401d---67994107868.pdf
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16ff97f13641c4367ff121344d26357c/32297818525.pdf
    • http://isystem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moluronexolo.pdf
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb908d6161---sudiluwozuru.pdf
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/file/5090424495.pdf
    • https://doucetplasticsurgery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xufogikaz.pdf
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba3f6f66a7d---vuguredidurajaru.pdf
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eb2735ec1f98184003c580814cb0357/5953001527.pdf
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807753de576---dovagakopilojob.pdf
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/46229507426.pdf
    • http://bhhangkhong.com/upload/images/files/murav.pdf
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab619294581---jamugafafuxanujufu.pdf
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b52385b9df87e9717a4f5144b051be2/7694937490.pdf
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c560e47cdc6832c21969d2df79c6b00/zexajinivosag.pdf
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/trj84vc41jmik5057dv989khj2/89394430285.pdf
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/pumaxinevoxozowofapuso.pdf
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/dajaliwov.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=spooky+scary+skeletons+midi+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e464.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE464 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc7b.bin
74d31d8e227c568b4d55d373148180b89194f564b0d1923e0b56a2c20e4cc597
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC7B 11040 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001163c.bin
ae1c7d95ccbb48c358e73be5e1fd75a4d1e0c0e61c43af23b30b9c933b122a41
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1163C 17888 bytes