Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 387db51fdf105904…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-08-14 03:18:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 098e8d021ed6dda13077d8d4eb1227ef SHA-1: 8597c0926461be4605a8d3c0799a46ef7558e380 SHA-256: 387db51fdf1059043fdeac451515b3445d7d523b8ce1d780a6345d08269519e5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to distribute malware or facilitate phishing. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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://onsijsselstein.nl/userfiles/files/95273832603.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4c97174ec6---79960938564.pdf
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45d4c7ca9b---zadosazomazufaduxewokeki.pdf
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/91003121414.pdf
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l71k7nagscvcet60tl0l3sop3v/robuzejalisi.pdf
    • http://mojahotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92087734538.pdf
    • http://mrtowing.ca/Lawyers/userfiles/file/fitufojonerejiwejididozi.pdf
    • http://phelieuviethung.vn/upload/files/nimapezagotasebef.pdf
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/69743912757.pdf
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04e69562c857869eeaaf61a73f5d7a4f/gemajuso.pdf
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/4955493810.pdf
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r2lvjbdritab4b4uo62m2tmhna/22377847447.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6h3h5ki72hihbnn267o4at959h/49769347382.pdf
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3767d578086e98ca2bda0d641c3b45d/78152517674.pdf
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78e1kc7qlolvq5cvgg2v57grn5/dutotekumipeguzenadi.pdf
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cda48ec06d---lazulejulimov.pdf
    • http://yejida.com/userfiles/file/kumirigaxipar.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac89f3d71c9---nunarudofibig.pdf
    • http://solemarservizi.it/userfiles/files/xogagopixav.pdf
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e929fa9c6f8---26325455496.pdf
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073db4771bca---98926691844.pdf
    • https://iveducentar.com/uploads/assets/file/30282392495.pdf
    • http://npas.ru/pic/file/ginikijimojesemol.pdf
    • http://weingut-suppan.at/files/12738348367.pdf
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rq9jqmftimpklrcfihuc369r1/93554794864.pdf
    • http://terminsk.by/pics/files/zejibuvawovomonalejoxu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=download+picsart+mod+apk+free
    • 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_off000105a3.bin
4fe3adb0f5ac65bfb973f1b7bec6258fe7c4c6f030257e59cbdb6f5bc76a085c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A3 17448 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013377.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13377 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014b8e.bin
a2002582fb59414f5d6bb48fef01ba436364bd9d8ab7ec9626572873064ee171
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B8E 10960 bytes