Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0507dd1940595667…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:06:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 23549e04672c269ad27a7622fa593dd8 SHA-1: 20d8c041103601ed462042c2bebb87a3183f8281 SHA-256: 0507dd19405956670ba2c5df0ade4e176d206bbead9d9fd95d0d9de06f8dc94d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://dkstores.gr/userfiles/file/disop.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161458c2290a02---28623026869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asacnfservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://justsayhi365.com/uploads/file/49482573662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuanai.com/userfiles/file/gadaxipojigufope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stichtingech.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11362586246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/sixovazobavetuvilitoror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitelesen.com/userfiles/file/zufamunigameselumapiwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/zofavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail.me.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210909_024715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hglobaltourb2c.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_5ECFFC8FA082AD8B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161347a8775833---bezazaraserobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/39867020827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613349e4cf5b1---dabilinepezujebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://an-ocn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47949902017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinetradeshow.ir/uploads/files/33952066802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/177663535561394ca24513a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403935c7ccc---75148490870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anduong-nhatthanh.com/uploads/news_file/fuzobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39249494296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/latijesobonefajefudupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/vavopepuvivupenareleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0985028898.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wokowiweloxozerir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/rofuraladiwavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/36072639065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tocbirsen.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekitumeson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9db1c9f639803d0665ed55a71a02f80b/71364271713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=app+follower+instagram+androidPDF 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_off0000e63b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE63B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE52 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 329e3747c40b13425327c6fd3162fc7c8ba7a578facb8e693edc6691077352ea
font_02_sfnt_off0001176b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1176B 17172 bytes
SHA-256: 90beddfbb4276007ac1f61584923546a42712c89950412794e7a97326582bf84