Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 189e62046df8cf86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 06:57:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ae1ef098fd0f491324c92d2c301e7955 SHA-1: 1de1789e2357fef081313cd3640c62b6f0abc01f SHA-256: 189e62046df8cf86cd7f1686d955180a34209d1e7bec0afebf612b9ec2a9e1ce
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that function as a link farm, directing users to various external websites. Several heuristics indicate these links are associated with compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6141

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fortnite+cheats+pc+download
    • https://satuldelut.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85205767064.pdf
    • http://linza-market.ru/upload/files/zobudajekinarakanugari.pdf
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce9cb68cd5bc36510bbd592ffdbbdea1/1482612172.pdf
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/40651898371.pdf
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ag4d2vto3isk9qu5lnhv94e9kf/rigaxexeberevez.pdf
    • https://yenicekentkaplicasi.com/userfiles/file/94412481662.pdf
    • https://natyabio.com/uploadfiles/serawasuzubajuvekufa.pdf
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f1a29010c1---sotikejiwibefus.pdf
    • https://tskrea.com/userfiles/file/vokeriwug.pdf
    • http://miyagi.chi-kara.net/Upload/files/35284921065.pdf
    • http://sbkf.org/files/files/58397015063.pdf
    • https://kingdomdatesuae.com/userfiles/files/71003645116.pdf
    • http://acrclubinversores.com/files/galeria/files/81465111960.pdf
    • http://dtpokebar.com/uploads/files/67301394266.pdf
    • http://fornacedelia.it/userfiles/files/fuxeximegibubuzuxidote.pdf
    • http://weiken-rc.com/upload/files/zuzuxizifixegalidavi.pdf
    • https://dtd.com.pk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sezesudetonavivejakonosa.pdf
    • https://springkasteelhuren.be/userfiles/file/67970543292.pdf
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/mizuwesurene.pdf
    • http://svatba-emi.com/uploads/pages/files/33264445811.pdf
    • http://remont-m.com/userfiles/file/zatezepofuseromax.pdf
    • http://www.louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lepejumuligo.pdf
    • https://luiginoiobbi.com/userfiles/file/rugeto.pdf
    • http://kibunajcc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tonuxesuvifudadobo.pdf
    • https://cungcapthitdetuoi.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/58930359230.pdf
    • 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_off0000d979.bin
00d840a0bf707809b41bb75e9818cefb87d8d6ec9eb5f00e988d61a0674b8f3f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD979 18808 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a28.bin
76c8a98c272f0664b09db8b7606db920db8df0ac4439778e42e93f581caf76ee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A28 10672 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012295.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12295 16792 bytes