Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 169557a4ac0fa927…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:29:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: c02dba55ebca00e8f7441f85d5cd0846 SHA-1: 85f90035d4ab76cb832646cc50d12e54b944fae0 SHA-256: 169557a4ac0fa9274a3818f6bb8c1f0f92f6bbb3afb79ca5f8a4d073e3fd4ec3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wotlk+mining+leveling+guide PDF link annotation
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lirnhh1ml2p49js6kk8dkmdh72/zelugevejobirupadim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphaconsultinggroup.us/vpw/images/file/xusejasofikam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20f447829d---39099647181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushistoryus.com/uploads/files/lazepelewip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a471300cfc8---mugironatevozexirujoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerproductionline.com/d/files/gigejakanox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosci-swidnica.pl/userfiles/file/66101769284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwsedan.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/butabemulajeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9764eb25381cf85481c1c415c07519f9/kosaleledosunaruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedria.es/DOCUMENTS/FotosFCKEditor/file/9147150480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltools.com/userfiles/file/tibafinuwubozijus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/vogugasunebotevufizujuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f79ccec060e3adc0bbe976cdb34e615a/kurulepijewosedijaxifel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sluchatka-shop.cz/files/upload/files/61722259382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketdoanbus.com/webroot/img/files/waxajirusesedexebulimaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ip5p0s9bo27lothm0n0hh2gks/95954989961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bc55742c9---40318899954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af37053620feb06f2cc62e067c8ee355/12854446510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8399d6959c---43234667387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a042525afab---4433923600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getracemirates.com/userfiles/files/84736045558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigapilar.com/upload/files/fuwamotugexedufivera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb4985d60b---zesevodawidirow.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_off0000d6b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6B5 16804 bytes
SHA-256: be0ee1aaba1435437194fe5b93f3aeae30e06232e2f444077ce9bfb1f1d386a9
font_01_sfnt_off0001021a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1021A 10412 bytes
SHA-256: b2fa4fcea6152acfaf08db1193e15c2540947669264f15022066954af2ee775f
font_02_sfnt_off0001196f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1196F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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