Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1452c79dc6f9e6ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-27 02:36:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 62b8e8ca50934ab2ce20abcaa9ba9ed8 SHA-1: 38b18f03b0a114a9d1ed765827513fa647a2360d SHA-256: 1452c79dc6f9e6ef87b3145415a4356db173c1d498eb2e3c20422c9114f5fbf8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various external PDF files hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics and embedded URLs suggests an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish for information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://kawanmto.info/contents//files/61651175534.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gabortech.com/admin/file/fulitonivud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northphoenixmustangs66.com/clients/4/4b/4b49b54eec06ebba3741256e9f3e6f2b/File/fonekedawoguwumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/67168456145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duvarkagidierzincan.com/userfiles/file/2613561045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c88ca3557---9780571716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fadb228dc4ca44fe7c664081aaa8c2e9/savonadufalugomijodase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35059851724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/opnvk5gvsko6aq755lekjpvi22/bajubudopanut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq72d3q33infj8pdb1bnv286d7/zudapilatafufufozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea50413280d11c92604bd1600655f278/fopevapidikerolefopojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/51566056894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9dc8409dda---sodelovafilosowolapekepiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xisepuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlefreddieking.com/clients/65037/File/13361400118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090479d4a49b---88986257273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chia4kids.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23729567513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4d9400c91---76961391197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gursakaryahukuk.com/images/file/23282367118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/25337951987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16316064965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/lurup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/rewefara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=can+a+pregnant+woman+treat+hepatitis+bPDF 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_off0000e8de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100F0 17296 bytes
SHA-256: fa9182c41b9a7647074fa67149a1e373a71fcb1f79b69a0bfd8577c47a38f2e5
font_02_sfnt_off00012dc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DC5 10908 bytes
SHA-256: eb658d9167a2f6b3bf8d26858e44f04bb8283683ddfcad5a89dff1a9a78d4cdd