Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c2b5231b017467c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 13:42:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4acfa94ac660b428e69435f9ec59a69f SHA-1: 6166622268b2c4093129eafb030cbb58c82906e0 SHA-256: 4c2b5231b017467caa7e7cc9b99221c35c872b40de6a9226ac673aaab722dbb3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's used for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=frost+mage+wow+classic+talents
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/895982f7af36ec25b75118a60e6463dd/67851472443.pdf
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/89022742561.pdf
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893dc6cab4b---xozinugudemo.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e7f943f260ff35c043bdf5f8fdec056/xusivajodipewuridumifopo.pdf
    • https://carlojans.com/cms/file/95656589726.pdf
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/43950808607.pdf
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/23568639798.pdf
    • http://takeacode.eu/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/17111576759.pdf
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b88356405163c0a4a8e85dd7709debf4/jovujawi.pdf
    • https://faceless.me/userfiles/files/41544352929.pdf
    • https://habibitours.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83755751460.pdf
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/60587675036.pdf
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/23971561920.pdf
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77eb5693fc---jivegemigirulizonixamope.pdf
    • http://china-hold.com/UploadFile/file/20210526122703775.pdf
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5b10eb94c---91358696201.pdf
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb169ad6dab96c452dd8f2a142ccfa36/fiwatobif.pdf
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/64942194421.pdf
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b64737c24fc---18041044406.pdf
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bisaguxefumezewu.pdf
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9208e6c509---kevajuxiso.pdf
    • http://psychologkmalinowska.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/neporunegagolusenodemeduv.pdf
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9h3uu527a3t5cavrq1soapksg/69610653354.pdf
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca55808457f---88215646112.pdf
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nh8uenij14ohpf5o619bmdi3k2/99512517507.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_off0000f0e1.bin
3e69cd590744bfe6ffb7e39680340a077ee19985c568ef82eab855eb155792ce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0E1 17320 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011e85.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E85 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001369c.bin
4b7c26a1b046a4e5777a33fe16390390bb36f20b763f2acd5ec14d7cf679bde0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1369C 10636 bytes