Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bfbf6dfaeb3475c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:25:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bcd88f0b68a01db853cd310140888c0d SHA-1: f0020944594af0e366d84a334a04cae27aafb6c5 SHA-256: 4bfbf6dfaeb3475c55714a409b305d131f6ef34e296a5ca87a42ec192ecc724d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, characteristic of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' points to links hosted on compromised WordPress upload storage. The presence of embedded URLs further supports the malicious intent of redirecting users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=find+the+square+root+of+1 PDF link annotation
    • http://bivalyracing.hu/files/file/lumilojukazakulexogurunim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intproplaw.com/admin/uploads/file/zotefapotuwarizixusizom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traitagri-solutions-alternatives.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sejixonozosexikef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65530416468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dildendilecevirievi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/51406574034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d922595b31---57244857948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitree.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56663114682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity8talents.com/userfiles/file/lodapenulepix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613056e0a186a---74173892060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zagazzo.com/userfiles/file/tiwozomevogezibevamenijox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/fejidonige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/totadojoginiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/bolibejibejizisosudovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiaranannini.com/userfiles/files/70853555993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/99792575281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muachungbaohiem.com/uploads/userfiles/file/10857920666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csodamalom.hu/files/files/nogubigalida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleb777.com/fck_upload/file/88203981411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef54bee8e3a1786209998817ad37cf58/99370260222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wiloseseletiseluseso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djk-winkel.de/images/uploads/file/11762482345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/206215647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/gofuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seteo-dechets.com/images/file/99160160689.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_off0000b005.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB005 14900 bytes
SHA-256: 926f95423fde646912d071b202478425c270f0eb7231ad68f2092615d71a11ee
font_01_sfnt_off0000d561.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD561 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED78 10680 bytes
SHA-256: f9134254c72fba020b160dcd00c97ae37a5c6fc848e586d5f3032faf91390299