Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 360be5be1ad12961…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-08-08 13:42:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 020f09eca4eb738f64ae1fb968380b57 SHA-1: 38282bdfacedc877000cea89b8ec4f1df8be5b89 SHA-256: 360be5be1ad1296174dc5ce48fe9904f97be63c340f5741ab0b66355b5cd6fec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics and the ML detection strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/ruvadubogosif.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dfwarbitrator.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vodoxaneri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhhs78.org/clients/63854/File/20549043907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fba17640bd65c5a561f6979583fabf63/74300728197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joesservicecenternj.com/userfiles/files/temipamuziwagitogibalunom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.com/userfiles/file/binelulezat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmvlpslimited.com/ci/userfiles/files/gomategajikomudodivakut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e2a876cdd---24083025364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iu1b1kc61etlg9gvssh1th13tu/43650315268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/80357115815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f331e784c4---10611063431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laduses.nl/image/file/jizikovomogix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/fufamonuroweliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanchuyenduongsat.vn/upload/files/mexujovuwijamemepagofen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/19996422846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c566c1797d3---50877994328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7b25957f6---jikasutijamupeporeked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mis.nrru.ac.th/gradjournal/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71631935239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfb6a6e2b68---seduxesupirijadipijuzat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tarzminder.com/resimler/files/kupisifekonuletixani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=age+of+empires+2+indir+oyun+vipPDF 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_off0000c1e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1E6 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 6c0f9b897d305480f1fcd4ba266f183308a2384212e6b5e3f6a91162c69c441c
font_01_sfnt_off0000db05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB05 17836 bytes
SHA-256: 4551ca48a2a4251a5f340ad4599ad62e72df005ca3001bb8d411c53e81adb256
font_02_sfnt_off00010721.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10721 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1