Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 081fbbbce19f2966…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 12:28:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5b1b0ea96d4f82718c08dc8755306680 SHA-1: 28252435da551707d5b658155bb114a57ff3d6e2 SHA-256: 081fbbbce19f2966ab6f76cad970431c89bb19a92a7f8adc380bfe58e15b6015
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, characteristic of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, suggesting it serves primarily as a container for these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/78468763954.pdf
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/wafaguvozalitu.pdf
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24395950b7---19495912825.pdf
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/fegufobumulev.pdf
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e6a76e8fc1687ab1e4c6205898c6f03/zavidobi.pdf
    • http://kcobafl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17556567925.pdf
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lakenidozanafeko.pdf
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/bitepalixipezaluz.pdf
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021050310180773499.pdf
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/985454059e126934a0bd4fa2a3141d69/10043777329.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3bdd06f145f8ed2fd19c17d302edf33/2406811045.pdf
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f99197169---99904909273.pdf
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755bab316e1---4397062717.pdf
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021062305470473499.pdf
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/diqtk9fch4dr1lit4dgpio9mqm/bavokit.pdf
    • http://ncabhsa.com/clients/875427/File/88123648529.pdf
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b14ddbr3he41e346ov826h7hv/bifubekenetijeku.pdf
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b96e90728a5---figesedapekobut.pdf
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eeef8c88bb---duzejeguwira.pdf
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b13edfac421---53431298553.pdf
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d50e4282b782047b9d35b52ca58ec915/95482260069.pdf
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61fbee2bc0fb6d8bde870f00489dc8e8/feluxaxevozumif.pdf
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/dagem.pdf
    • http://cesmclassof68cheyennewy.com/clients/82478/File/45897161444.pdf
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/921cb25b7220cf8dd8ff6d096828ece1/50371343713.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=avengers+theme+piano+notes+letters
    • 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_off0000d848.bin
db41eb471108f69b073983c48fd63f55c7f40efe8a4382186778aba22fa77a79
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD848 17676 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010713.bin
4f950a4c114e1b74515bfacf0cce1c131b9fdc8cc2837ed4bd8b78d0372e5fe1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10713 10744 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011f9f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F9F 16792 bytes