Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d3d60cc8169f686…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-07-21 05:22:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 99b43e713a607fe523a5b4d71c93cf40 SHA-1: 530518ac63368c4e1ad884c1fbfc58fdc45aa6a0 SHA-256: 4d3d60cc8169f6861c403864347c5e40b0a76c51af52d9f609540d73abf05361
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that redirect to various external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of multiple external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic suggest an attempt to lure users to potentially malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://rivieresoceanie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabuxifakezugenam.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jetaime-shop.com/files/togatorevaxuxotedejilozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a72ab7c1ff---57114859958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chixue.com/uploadfile/file/20210628030819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongkoo.com/uploads/editor/files/21912168553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee39f75f216---59485309158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onishi-kyosendo.jp/archive/39859087028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/76449515094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/55037381317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/wutimoluxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/valupilutir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fbc57837f---pupajefejorufapowelafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lctrading-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zekadawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18ad7b063b---93896090357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071282a309d2---31205983952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-25/20210625222405675653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d942c227e0---66915990056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a943dd37236---zeximutipuxizomeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1be6fb80be5d0840953980cfb0f39c3/26670214047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tepaxenuponur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/603lds9q6rgefdqremmlhjajp5/88475785364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serge-valentin.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sizoforulilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609877816ce9c---kemibegawutovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54413590b2---bemutenoxenipomaluvowevif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elyriahigh1974.org/clients/0/05/052ab20d644b737728595af1a47b4450/File/29455629821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722d5234e88---voxigudujidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=multivariable+calculus+notes+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://math.etsu.edu/multicalc/pIn 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_off0000c84e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC84E 16584 bytes
SHA-256: 032622fdb538dc2add86009b10360cbab3eda0581e1f133938ec957231c6df0c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f35c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF35C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B73 10912 bytes
SHA-256: f4df421626346636461afd973526da9d4760e74b2ec789fe17800d7a4ef3c60f