Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 162bc851131054af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 22:49:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3e7e29dbc4b9b00faf891eb2fd6fb8f2 SHA-1: 18d6a7753692fd3bcb15c50a0e2a096b7779721b SHA-256: 162bc851131054afc662f834c5f42e420f8bdc1884c95d62034f3d0795c8d2db
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to potentially malicious content, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The primary goal appears to be directing users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.polni.si/Images/files/tesaluf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://linza-market.ru/upload/files/14286640032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cytairtool.com/test/userfiles/file/20210901_ddfc0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/dutadikoxidasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmf8.ir/data/file/88821360463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transturist.ba/ckeditor/ckfinder/files/files/83050136212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletroluz-al.com/_IMG/img_internas/file/judutiwabakarokaxajumejor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optimizecost.com/admin/ficheros_fckedit_subidos/kelaxogefejaloti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarivenezia.eu/userfiles/files/67574062668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highettmetal.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83719063028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138be6558dda---mosumomawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aqr2a9hq6jlq6ns9tbd1a6gu00/56228912493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elazentrale.de/images/uploaded/file/sifiwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luligang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/silusivesoxopaligawekur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.my/images/users/00000000/files/vunaxexikulitunuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/1427364838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/xaxamokimewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotdeals24x7.com/ci/userfiles/files/vonulesadekofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pamukoglu.com/userfiles/file/tipukafapujulata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yenidenyuzlendirme.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47416724910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fae3ba7cbab09178bcd119ff0d6ea382/62411163210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legyenegyjonapod.hu/userfiles/files/rexasobubozilumubezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cliniquemyo.com/userfiles/file/didewagitiwufejepam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=android+11+notification+shadePDF 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_off0000dd17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD17 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 0105be18f85c499683057bfc8ad6382ffe565528dbdc024922f5f231150b4f89
font_01_sfnt_off0000f533.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF533 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D45 23428 bytes
SHA-256: deb46fd8b7e7f31367a4feb52fd57101e9ec06fce25581593ca9d8b80a4a7748