Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 127ca4754a56d138…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:02:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 01d32aaaef0d51a6a86fafd96fa8d312 SHA-1: 0f61574d02d2fc4bba3eb5f14cb93f7bdd1bc53e SHA-256: 127ca4754a56d138491b4792c901b201d7d2dd726cb75d6bdb852e1488172d9e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple external PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which are identified as compromised CMS upload storage. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://minhquoc.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/redirokiwazikazev.pdf
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/kerivarijexobaxefumope.pdf
    • http://oprandi.it/userfiles/files/gagexesafogazawefe.pdf
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/bisejenevawufubezigidimij.pdf
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dc0983f3f5e1fb144393d6a286f1ea8/2216998354.pdf
    • https://eghamatyab.com/basefile/bainbookcom/files/nuvidutiporuwatexodagasa.pdf
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/69333610883.pdf
    • http://mmsmarin.com/imgimage/file/80277710928.pdf
    • http://pnc21.com/files/fckeditor/file/1592690785612f635d375b2.pdf
    • http://www.yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nazamifutanofed.pdf
    • http://uelzecht.lu/userfiles/files/58804603910.pdf
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161407e4541777---86855215613.pdf
    • https://orcasproje.com/userfiles/file/mupedofivopekevirezolizel.pdf
    • http://colorfusion.us/admin/images/file/fetomabudomakitadiduti.pdf
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d2814d3194---sisufikepisime.pdf
    • https://dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/89038779825.pdf
    • https://marblo.marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/9773423331.pdf
    • http://erdbau-rauch.at/35811597600.pdf
    • https://newshieldinsurance.com/demo/gsa/final/images/file/powovozap.pdf
    • https://nieruchomosciturystyczne.eu/files/file/jumafafifafajagubutuk.pdf
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7ddcf5827b63a1cb87cad848aa276d3/55532759686.pdf
    • http://vnndt.com/Images_upload/files/fewewudububiwulefiw.pdf
    • http://gorod-r.com/userfiles/file/62453235787.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=apps+like+dumpster
    • 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_off0000dd55.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD55 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f56c.bin
3634faa01aa641d5b740746122ad0d33352f7a36f3882b0d784f7b389e8a9298
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF56C 10340 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010cc1.bin
07e4387c1d13ebb12cf7985e94ddc7fb529a913fc4b9d6e2fab03fe9e4bd1c51
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CC1 17028 bytes