Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd59933cc6e55db0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-10 13:56:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ce9e6794698c12b4d4786ead31daca02 SHA-1: 95d1386e1e689ca98b771ab8abd2ca062ed7f682 SHA-256: fd59933cc6e55db09fabe8a75a19b30bca6b20088b6b67ac19bb712ac988ddcd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, which are likely used to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics indicates a deliberate attempt to leverage external resources for malicious purposes.

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://lobi.md/userfiles/file/42811822364.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bazab.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48396123080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/45709783921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcondosales.rodeodrivecondosale.com/userfiles/files/pafatedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a2d8fb4caf---zapelaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/45249131726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gc-antey.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rixuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyela.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/66207636454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogledalata.bg/uploads/pages/files/ripetexizamifevenojebewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rofitusuzurarabaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/sosowogalefugojarovogino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expobar.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/jibaboterux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birutelorasin.com/contents/files/xanonadopov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ad030a3bf---vomaberamelexugakiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurhijau.com/contents/files/sifaguwisotezemawokewojob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chroscina.com/userfiles/file/bililozovafutitajuwedoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents/files/43943342258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kozhikodedeaf.org/admin/my_files/file/xozugekiwosekurogemewolup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://80tner.friend-match.com/upload/files/satokoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4495afe5e7849afaa85ab284f8d8cbea/47187342643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2446665a.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37179736982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bimbrlata.cz/UserFiles/File/8562966930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139dd507cbd7---82862961467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rrbrentacars.com/files/others/xomilubonuzugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gddfboiler.com/uploads/files/lulunugovazogikeduwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=truecaller+app+old+versionPDF 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_off0000e975.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE975 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001018c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1018C 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 928d43973cf7be0d22f2458b7aa8ebef1b91499da87b9cd42935ed9a0001358d
font_02_sfnt_off000119a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A3 16960 bytes
SHA-256: 02227ac2f8ac72cea9c7864fefb017eefd2e6d840afcad49c77b050365efeed9