Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1526f16e7514cdd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:54:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7afb3ba6e374e814bf19c1742e682007 SHA-1: 3ea43d779007c9ef11373b3b751a9f737de71c14 SHA-256: 1526f16e7514cdd3cf634aa58783e2554ba3d1af53751520645e1af29ede81e3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The presence of 'utm_term=download+botim+for+pc' in one URL suggests a lure for downloading software.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+botim+for+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://wonsakai.com/uploads/files/79877010952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/52748513146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134c7e84401e---labekilugepowevigifojilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contua.org/userfiles/file/46619067919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiantiffin4me.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zemafowimuwitoxovaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myarchitect.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gufodexudunuluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigyikesmedia.com/home/xtremweb/public_html/consultinstitute/web/upload/files/7218305339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home-consult.lu/userfiles/files/josirolov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de-ko-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuguxofeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141bc21dc57f---belopif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://briquettemachinery.com/d/files/21211327420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asfus.net/virgsurv/userfiles/file/pozogisepokokax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bio-scan.com/userfiles/file/nujiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investin-khj.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25408657390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/sikulozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://km2804.com/ckupload/files/80841744840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheliabinsk.realxenon.ru/uploads/files/mamopof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3c15a7ff5---lapojuzuxoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperte.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/72702519310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themadthinker.com/temp/vinney/HTML/userfiles/file/repakajuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fulepmark.hu/nyebu/fulepmark/userfiles/file/gitoruxuwesigidopugako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34752192747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d501.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD501 17628 bytes
SHA-256: c3ed656f1c05bcc8e4259e2a22f068dfae025e7ae5de82a5293071c0e8aaf4f6
font_01_sfnt_off0001021c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1021C 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 0154cddfb4a7c10dca90942bcfee747574dace7184d7d0c973b2979e02dca5ee
font_02_sfnt_off00011a73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1