Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2457a5c932144b47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-10 16:31:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a2427d8a90d15bf4fcbed830c6c7d551 SHA-1: b7b281c4cf4c4b10dceccac16dd8ac9cd0cbe046 SHA-256: 2457a5c932144b4758b79c0ab709dc022b878c60dbc0376dc61181d56318b7ff
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The presence of numerous URLs, including one with a 'utm_term' parameter suggesting a lure for game downloads, points towards a phishing or SEO-based malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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=gta+san+andreas+15mb+download+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://marleenjansen.nl/images/uploadfiles/satizudemibupebexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szjwwj.com/userfiles/file///wevewew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139bc3794ead---94303852569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/kogezokojalategebele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210909221706341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irastuff.com/admin/ckfinder/uploads/files/siwitetaretozuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/252055661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fenedajomasopamugepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67f48f96244c2092d12f673d3818421a/jilevuwokugugeruzup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b048f01f4e---sovomimoposomexefakodera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnsgawefgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/19157133526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propiedades.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubigofovigokexufujitovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motecx.com/images/file/vuwifesasoned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfast.ru/userfiles/file/jizeruzipoporodedogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulgraphics.paulsfashion.in/files/67813099145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rgcsmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33238296300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dammesliepas.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xakerejuxotojotidoramub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://defhjdrjioo.friend-match.com/upload/files/nulukaribaxaxamuzusiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jss-moms.si/upload/File/89082140965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acrclubinversores.com/files/galeria/files/68590330589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19284631405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhondachem.com/d/files/boguzexeguvibilevetifenep.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_off0000d699.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD699 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 3d86cafb2ad63de540b99353a8b41f68dca548682ed287a36a7eede3520112fe
font_01_sfnt_off0000f037.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF037 18584 bytes
SHA-256: 2d243d0708618f50db5826b8d1e3c2146b2cf59575ad60ad79911bdacc7fe100
font_02_sfnt_off00011fcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1