Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b699b6a31ee4ea0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-29 07:25:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f5ae36dfe36a8cc26c9defef3498eabd SHA-1: 493335f7b6d96ec90213a6577ec07bfb7f8c4643 SHA-256: 2b699b6a31ee4ea0708bf038103e262fc3c4966a1dd8450a7dad833b7b0746ea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to various external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs suggests a phishing or social engineering lure, potentially disguised as a download link for 'talking angela old version apk'. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the link farm behavior is a strong indicator of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=talking+angela+old+version+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://ppogrimall.com/upload/editor_image/file/lonigixewodugulefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pibmg.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/files/66286421479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopexpert.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zizewixisefusareju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcongluc.com/upload/files/21038335983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manhremhoangvan.vn/wp-content/uploads/files/xogibosixedurizasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntvietnga.com/upload/files/5529945795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/lonetixunulalat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learn-atdi.com/uploads/files/4326814279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroyvodservice.ru/upload/File/nujoxejozosulonotomem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161415bcf7a65a---94636206482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paramourpourbebe.bettygagne.ca/userfiles/file/gaxotinutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtdental.com/upload/ckimg/files/xemadetavavexabikaxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210919091736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f41d2ae6b5a4e8e4d0ce5cc57f0cb401/vanuwejex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec9bc622b0---mifisopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alev.az/userfiles/file/mulofotuxanolewinuxiseted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/zidasopum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133cd353b56b---54936000348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/liwuduvewokozazulapej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piti.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/27168938948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrberanova.cz/userfiles/file/90672689170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corcreation.twbiz.me/data/fckeditor/files/20210928_195613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://managedentalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65231981264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161498357b3b77---60074943767.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_off0000b710.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB710 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 5d044095114744b1d5181d7ead19ff05121b716117e2e840aa2fdd2ad96db5b7
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF23 18936 bytes
SHA-256: f3f18508e9ad9f06e6041c7d8923f910fb0287a204cea9223a805878a08dc5bb
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1