Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c6ff9e13567d474…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 13:10:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 534da8d5a3ccbd0f5920d056d80b3e27 SHA-1: f2d75face2ebc4ad715f6d3e87cea486311b39e5 SHA-256: 4c6ff9e13567d4749aa9345d41692f533508b1f96600f86e4a63f012ebb05fbb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=another+word+for+limitations
    • http://sujitonweb.com/userfiles/files/poduganupulodenif.pdf
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9925aed0bb---kovifuvipazob.pdf
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/suzifi.pdf
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f3bfb1dd5---xelejevuvuro.pdf
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607708164ee38---difilumefa.pdf
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16076bb5b1ecb8---lefepizuwupu.pdf
    • http://gelateriacool.it/userfiles/files/buturufegaxivadujuwadajut.pdf
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/9140396538.pdf
    • http://mawaevents.com/uploads/file/pirawavufalebowirezaruf.pdf
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/fukolemogosororixotunuj.pdf
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b757o22a0tk439pdiil7p2kga5/bolij.pdf
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a60adff51---gofupujibuda.pdf
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/petelaro.pdf
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c37b384ca---rulanegoduwiwiduwuzapifaz.pdf
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608949422f3c0---53453221446.pdf
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55b8e66688680bda938da0601a040c68/renubedogi.pdf
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c21e5b660cc---74913029100.pdf
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb2f66b278---81089314393.pdf
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/meguzafazisesepowav.pdf
    • http://bptramptour.pl/files/file/10696964432.pdf
    • http://thaiboxes.com/piceditor/file/23502009268.pdf
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/42860881194.pdf
    • https://ficsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rsf92js4odkoovfp48ll37dqs/61384161430.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d02a440634---nozuxefarozuxilukezuvemes.pdf
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/18184039266.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_off0000b7d4.bin
8e3def1960925df96e181a5bb1651a575ccdc5a276b8aa07ea1547ef84b820d1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7D4 17060 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e35d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE35D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb74.bin
a20c27a1b7399d8e5478c4b52705fa97372721c7644579b85d2da19efd9b56af
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB74 10684 bytes