Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01b6d5ede52be772…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:02:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cdf1b110584ae84e76357b7baae905ea SHA-1: 07eb19e60e62dd9f009fb7a65573bfeb41a587f9 SHA-256: 01b6d5ede52be77220b8132ce7066819042b74c2634ae0646a72642acc6aa056
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm suggests it's part of a broader campaign to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://thepnguyentran.vn/media/ftp/file/sapokovozaturojixekuked.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4m9ofhb5losjmjjbinqeos60d0/31362219739.pdf
    • http://bvsaigonbinhduong.vn/uploads/files/75095777595.pdf
    • http://novelinternationalschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31035146079.pdf
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/44725746020.pdf
    • http://vinhthuan.vn/upload/files/39435164869.pdf
    • http://sakem.org/userfiles/files/nejipox.pdf
    • https://mayxaydungthienlong.com/uploads/files/files/fajovivokatal.pdf
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b75c5bbf950---6698196095.pdf
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083108469f1a---momojevugopagito.pdf
    • https://nodka.eu/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puloxinotakuxawu.pdf
    • http://bienbao.net/uploads/files/nogozuwu.pdf
    • http://shippingengineering.com/files/ckeditorothers/dedijopikodobigexixug.pdf
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762a0eaea5e---ruguguv.pdf
    • https://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/rojigetokuwunugezefarota.pdf
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161321b707e1ca---58800077324.pdf
    • https://samudra99.com/contents//files/ledaw.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbb784c5bb2---xitomexiwedumonasenugimeb.pdf
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/kesoteli.pdf
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3e851c19c7e10a44d19a29cad91374e/55082750350.pdf
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/467cji7o1b2ej8nhh0apdmp3f4/61458206426.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=the+engine+2+seven-day+rescue+diet+pdf
    • 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_off0000c549.bin
51f31933724ed483dd2b40bb8333fcc55c077e63c62e3deed2302f29cdbc9335
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC549 11128 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000df27.bin
66814adc9f11741b065462651e93319eef3565e7436e959e9b6788a114942bc5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF27 17256 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010bfc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BFC 16792 bytes