Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 375e6ed95acb9c12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-29 14:34:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 15c8a12ab981fc521df752f283e9f6c4 SHA-1: 844737637c3c2eb68db8645f8acc1fd40b281f84 SHA-256: 375e6ed95acb9c129fa9c56487395624a0edda66431b6e1278167cecf5ad0088
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or scam campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious redirection scheme, likely intended to lure users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mi+note+10+lite+8gb+antutu
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143371d59859---17393445243.pdf
    • http://youngdongtec.com/userfiles/file/suxepuvare.pdf
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e26b7476729312c7f412877db50d10f9/liwalenosupowekunowug.pdf
    • http://vouchertiket.com/airplane/ckeditor/uploads/files/24034888874.pdf
    • https://orcasproje.com/userfiles/file/tilipuzuxirevaz.pdf
    • http://www.klimavill.com/data/editorfile/kavegimixerediwetewobawor.pdf
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/lijil.pdf
    • https://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94715029547.pdf
    • https://lotusmarinevn.com/upload/files/79647344322.pdf
    • https://wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/milojimuwedikav.pdf
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/femasodes.pdf
    • https://bistakalikotenetwork.com/userfiles/file/53168208183.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6f3d0161aacc7fdc7c84c2624019de4/nulerato.pdf
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fq1mtpl0nhb8ihi9koveev1ps6/29359304855.pdf
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddbb355a61c533364f0dcaf16881d787/94267353857.pdf
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/15717617530.pdf
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b56452c73---navujovexomupibikidevatad.pdf
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/tusizanizaximonitopikut.pdf
    • https://www.scmsgroup.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zojit.pdf
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feaa7eb608912b8cf9ac0d84cadf41cd/mibaxokanesira.pdf
    • http://tygodnikzuzlowy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87870049454.pdf
    • http://jshanwoo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/palegilivadakabalute.pdf
    • https://leise.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nogox.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • 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_off0000afd2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFD2 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7e9.bin
90deb71c34e7c003c7701b298e3f969c8f15deaecc8ee0e7a5349b13e5ae04c2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7E9 10632 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e067.bin
9befd84866273a1879b68eeed454b981a526dec8614244dfdc22dbfad6ca88d6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE067 15644 bytes