Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01e4240523a99720…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-08-23 13:30:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dbcf5d99c65b90889d699d11d8e426a7 SHA-1: 5b3c26a302d06f9a14853a686772fb9ad5d1465f SHA-256: 01e4240523a997208bc7e92547f952c8f527c8b3478e0acc9f688bda20162208
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics supports the classification as a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+android+emulator+for+windows+10+2gb+ram
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejesamidujemekej.pdf
    • https://telechips.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xusuropoj.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/98667445496.pdf
    • https://clubon.top/uploads/files/sategusiwiful.pdf
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/nugawabumilugul.pdf
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e5ab107beb---xugarane.pdf
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jagau7e6ns1p4q01ulvg75vijm/xamubobapujefuxozawo.pdf
    • http://www.hon-ro.hu/userfiles/files/burufenasimiso.pdf
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09410f60b75736ae56a4a5bd9462392a/45351854184.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0ad8fa367b---dapezewokijiraxiz.pdf
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5fffaec244---luromuzujobolanukuzapo.pdf
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97e181f2d552663e75170ca522d38205/lamukelegod.pdf
    • http://tksvolga.ru/userfiles/file/32352538765.pdf
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cabf87eb154---86718669913.pdf
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/wunefed.pdf
    • https://www.axelendinggroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b73cfdaf36d5981bda2a3efd5190014/xepipemiximabakowu.pdf
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f31324888b8a98a366adfc1e225317cd/kofajotudimem.pdf
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0be8483a01---75311136124.pdf
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7dc312a95---83077378070.pdf
    • http://pi-consulting.ch/download/41755391343.pdf
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ac7d95adfd7da9660dbb7c0e0b6de2a/25171795032.pdf
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b9ea02e853---soxobejumibevixo.pdf
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aj6773ojcku0u1vn0oo0r7svne/danusuvuzegajegawuretigad.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_off0000e65a.bin
7f39e3cbeadb47362b5b8a58cdbc65da377679af1c7a03c657454d26d33bd51f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE65A 11372 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010117.bin
78ce289d88734c5daedd4cf4fba177771d0dfa0f40f9a313827f0461311e2b6e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10117 16624 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012c38.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C38 16792 bytes