Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0477eab28ea473ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:05:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d5d6727ef52f41fd0b28d9c830f93fb0 SHA-1: 37265169f75ec62af219eb0e2129ab82d80559b2 SHA-256: 0477eab28ea473ad86103f75cf7eb2b79a7b5298ed5e0e125b234ee0f0749059
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the true destination and potentially engage in SEO manipulation for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8ba648d4304f2ffd0dcfaa3d2b4f8df/kisegarasomudu.pdf
    • https://fceresources.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duzotakimosut.pdf
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/13161361508.pdf
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/dejed.pdf
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/88555808306.pdf
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082abfd743fd---juwefujajozipaxixidogiker.pdf
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b730482c2ab27642f5777e8e83d10dc/danukikarelexefilamewijal.pdf
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecde448d19c5a0b776f84d7779bc32b3/zisibuzulep.pdf
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d1b3dae12---31389996315.pdf
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/puzuwuga.pdf
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43c2959db407ace4056f4f845e9fbee5/nelaj.pdf
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864e1c34e04---nasovaxiweb.pdf
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ednrlv35ug5dn0nqsk6fqi5hl0/kawasorexorite.pdf
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k63abol42ase8keu4etlb4op30/50677771860.pdf
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8b574a3cc---40414201636.pdf
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be641a95286---magulezipoxafenelu.pdf
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e5b46c3e5---morutumas.pdf
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7508c9ec5b9f56aabd4ec8a587c1c43/9439286829.pdf
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-5/file/91180942204.pdf
    • http://1970lions.com/clients/5/57/57eb30a5877ba0c7834658d164206012/File/1336721528.pdf
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72790d241cdcc10964b690939726a383/bejigixepojuxelugukelaro.pdf
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091de139728d---49056482979.pdf
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082acbbdd8cc---55331419254.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=star+prize+giveaways
    • 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_off0000d6aa.bin
29c53af5fa4393f55ecd56f449f9c3339c4dbf44137cfc24dab8c787b43e7097
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6AA 18084 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001069b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1069B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011eb2.bin
e1bce64835f9449068a0d8e444deacd9285b97a780c4111aac1c064f1615bf56
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EB2 10556 bytes