Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01bec62a9276beb6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-08-09 23:37:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 75ecf6d153c2ad131674ca86c96060b1 SHA-1: 636e64b3c1c2b6ccac01224e7775ce4033555c30 SHA-256: 01bec62a9276beb602ffc5b6564e754138067328b928b26ad02e113efe6dad1f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites, suggesting an effort to obscure the true malicious destination. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest this PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://katheran.com/clients/55933/File/98572945887.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/jenibijorunazikajuruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noahsmarinesurveyors.ca/userfiles/file/75690904014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nojenotabeferenolusapegot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4b583679123c11eed0fad6d99afb98c/rilux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.org/files/files/34588935201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gchsclassof1970reunion.com/clients/6/6a/6a45fbe13d63dbb0eb8070d7cb9dbc89/File/pujikaderaletok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd23219480---muxonetozorebexisilolumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystemlab.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gatunura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gphs100.com/clients/e/e3/e3ed30f4e85b1ff1e74f61348c82e8eb/File/pololu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c30f3e7942ace4c79ed20bc919add217/disuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2db4ca87d8729c74c2b65697240f23e6/3350055395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ac31d4351---2766301957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca1c6ccedbe---lafurezozejijiwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02c51aec29c0343f40d95f4eef13cdd2/dasinekelelivekid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o8tu6215nu462ag3c7af2vl5pp/faxepepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611125d59417e---bamukirigoxedikazedusiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patriabrno.cz/userfiles/files/wabelemozegeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aonetreks.com/uploads/file/zupuponoseku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q69bsb0eihtm414sj4voldpt2/34244069336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/varajebewovemafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829e50e4074---xexorupejabobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5r87me3r89r0r64hcsdg26dh84/datomogibomogole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officinedesign.it/userfiles/files/73322477454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/80393215924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cacdd341c77---zixon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab74e90641c9873651151a4b0f0b23c8/ragapanevijazuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esprimagroup.com/userfiles/file/35707736280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=vantage+precio+de+guitarra+de+los+gracia+azulPDF 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_off0000d312.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD312 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB29 10820 bytes
SHA-256: b37ade444567c41bb6a4be47b49a8919f5c5f68f1e08d28f54057c9fc9a6daef
font_02_sfnt_off00010413.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10413 18432 bytes
SHA-256: 6149cace3efaed206dd989eb0eca494fb8229b946072e6327cb59c27cefeaf3f