Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f75ac5056ed2ab2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 10:07:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c17b2b0b092f36585c59c3bb41776d1e SHA-1: ed3de49b378706da156b5068d6a7e2e16147d4ae SHA-256: f75ac5056ed2ab2eaf2e390b04060703150298471786545d8dff844c5b76d788
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or credential harvesting attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://precisionsurgicalworks.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8851301696.pdf
    • http://dichvu12h.net/userfiles/file/ruguzugawutesosilax.pdf
    • https://tunhuaduytan.com/upload/userfiles/files/71746640608.pdf
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/94472680653.pdf
    • http://www.skk.com.hk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fawawenarimusene.pdf
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7cdb6398e---sokidimagexuvajavi.pdf
    • https://bike-accessories.supersites.gr/content/ckfinder/files/kolizikunovebawiruruwi.pdf
    • http://alrehabourhome.com/userfiles/files/fibasixaguduwawigoratoko.pdf
    • http://donleroy.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/99497222303.pdf
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/1379990369.pdf
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613da0417c311---dawetoxulubovetidobata.pdf
    • http://reklama-kemerovo.ru/files/files/voxafedazejofekeponibut.pdf
    • http://recuva.kr/upload/fck_img/1631327174/file/32833641617.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d33536fe9a---10755881239.pdf
    • http://ozcetinler.com/userfiles/file/tamajupapipimeduxaxuzozeg.pdf
    • http://simonkuehner.de/gfx/userfiles/files/76459375584.pdf
    • https://khanoomhoteli.com/basefile/khanoomhotelicom/files/72595486003.pdf
    • https://brazilairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lolofozatijuzumajuvogu.pdf
    • https://vargyasnekonyveles.hu/kepek/other/file/litezikolozavajukonileson.pdf
    • https://bedandbreakfastchia.it/userfiles/file/wexovigimasikubutefaz.pdf
    • https://la-klamm.org/Files/files/20970084638.pdf
    • http://amirmazandaranihospital.com/ckeditor/files/files/winadedaxotalidi.pdf
    • http://bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pudigew.pdf
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/75610020138.pdf
    • http://bilcafe.it/userfiles/file/riripuzezuporeserofinux.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=rainforest+tree+levels
    • 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_off0000db7d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB7D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f38f.bin
7a5440f39454e64fd2fdc659ffc45ecb7f09215c3d00de9d8b8af59ae1b04d63
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF38F 16840 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011f19.bin
be9db3e4d1f6d502d36fc9b5ff2516368d8ff6b4ded2523e0211d5924f6da5db
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F19 10320 bytes