Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d5c10b3c990b8a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.7 KB Created: 2021-10-06 18:58:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 43375079c91e4548836a8182a4e2d345 SHA-1: d50e25e825a9481d1ea6cc107118ad060075b012 SHA-256: 4d5c10b3c990b8a8d0ad755ca2e24d99085b04adcf05b86a553a3bad5ece2900
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests the document is designed to host a large number of links, likely to lure victims to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://anpharma.net/upload/files/zakelafimopinukab.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/veteguwowokotobazugal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cu5p5gsrovfsbirr2op0b06qpk/sadanodemarekinaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinetradeshow.ir/uploads/files/85881243397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614308502a187---48716909908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpdpunjabi.myskoolapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/38205089399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomistretta.com/userfiles/files/54024722155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eca.or.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74405016661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f1334ed4bc---24551357888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sushmitamukherjee.com/fckimages/file/winiwoxopugolovubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pribatu.lamilagrosaimport.com/images/files/80748938348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles/files/34940859028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montesantangelo.it/files/files/55120484315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saktigroup.in/uploads/33564270048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/52574273845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dolelawaxoxopoworeloxokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eamenfaraz.com/cache/fck_files/file/nobebagakoxelalixolodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-shodnya.ru/upload_picture/file/29138687260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodova51-53.cz/files/gixono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futimisdev.com/userfiles/file/23595373964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdavloeren.be/userfiles/files/82626026592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purefeeling8.com/data/file/99292526470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alompar.hu/uploads/content_files/files/jewuzirujozazuwipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=toy+story+3+movie+scriptPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00014f9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000167b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167B0 19076 bytes
SHA-256: 33c05ff40375810cc1571d8369eaf41415cde8c4af883a47256f541fbc991891
font_02_sfnt_off00019927.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19927 10536 bytes
SHA-256: b978fcf0c700faca7b4d21a498d8abf640d4f262c9d721d80da7ddaec41cadd4