Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f95d5aa3e7e61e6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:48:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: de53cdd8b4787192342a76e026b5012d SHA-1: 0d8c5f477940c40a8515ee88e01b5fd61ca640ec SHA-256: f95d5aa3e7e61e6adba8ed594bba6dc12192cb842fac3f5388a70284fe06bebd
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document impersonates a cloud file-sharing service, a common lure for phishing attacks. It contains numerous links, several of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing page or a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Cloud document impersonation lure medium SE_CLOUD_DOC_LURE
    Document impersonates a cloud file-sharing service such as SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, or Microsoft 365 and asks the user to open, verify, or access a shared document
  • 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://veiligheidssloten.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifovajaba.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12848895924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/58999082671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/94468906811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613454b77658f---fudut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kipia-nn.ru/userfiles/file/64909815571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drisraadentalcenter.com/userfiles/file/85743014365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuh-tarng.com/userfiles/file/batubonebizusopozujek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68882757014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nage-z.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/petekilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinkrali.com/calisma2/files/uploads/wanikiruwixokamejasofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiclivemarsala.com/userfiles/files/xogubiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/63949622534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/xezosebofuriduzadanisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkjv.com/Images/Media/files/86310681532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents/files/zuwifamesojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fastcredit.ge/userfiles/file/11871203447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://friendsofmultisport.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82508308628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/4223953084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eefb99bad15e9c7240ccdeb28e27953/7284331325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/24774128641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posetili.ru/userfiles/file/55373993312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/61456767843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161481c104a417---jomasimojodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzmanwebci.com/calisma2/files/uploads/gomijufepuvavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=connect+phone+to+laptop+hdmiPDF 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_off0000e440.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE440 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 94726e89ea17b5b5340e55bf70f65f19d20944a3941e52eef3ee7c83a4ff80ca
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011420.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11420 18204 bytes
SHA-256: 71ca363b35b61882104ff5fb6607d27861f0a4fe02a6308f372f23a368b2ef4e