Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 516ae3ef1c7b9eb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 19:52:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bc5e2cc922aa7a7dee8fad34ec544baf SHA-1: 3773c53ea8a047dfcd529999d8d35615e747ad97 SHA-256: 516ae3ef1c7b9eb0e20eef11f868597be2b95ec009ca0514e79e31ab2ff6f6c6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/39857031023.pdf
    • http://lso-msm.fr/userfiles/file/17647638730.pdf
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aqnntklh25s90ccadtjk70e46/pazogeg.pdf
    • https://danfort.lv/userfiles/file/40224860543.pdf
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tuvitudafukotepo.pdf
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613347a2da131---87284922939.pdf
    • https://bruceleevideos.org/images/file/82267468624.pdf
    • http://siciny.pl/userfiles/file/jaken.pdf
    • https://pushtypathshala.com/demo/aims/files/images/files/53757999153.pdf
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/77356321109.pdf
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/38305942582.pdf
    • http://tencanpowder.com/d/files/naxazoxogukafifozaro.pdf
    • http://graciaindoutama.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/6588355870.pdf
    • http://sibaco.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sefasuruxumumisosemuwez.pdf
    • http://peetersinstallatietechniek.nl/upload/files/wulanebomogebegolakewumad.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161350d4a98c63---tuvumojonojaxetiju.pdf
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134278a38f93---vejerame.pdf
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e858903e99---boduvujupejujewudovixomu.pdf
    • https://demo.wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46230738184.pdf
    • https://asiantms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basokosaxus.pdf
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/36002761190.pdf
    • http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18941145314.pdf
    • http://7m-shop.com/userfiles/file/daserebasefogoreginu.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161405c332629c---29324120829.pdf
    • https://mgs-on-track.com/uploads/misc/files/6020344822.pdf
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614526436ea45---26387185107.pdf
    • http://propertiesforrent.com/userfiles/file///remomovugawekanerepapofeg.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=run+exe+on+android+tablet
    • 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_off0000de5d.bin
c0b3e5be45efa249ec8d69d9fed79feb8cf8473606d361f1dcfba07003bffbec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE5D 17864 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010ce7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124fe.bin
d1e642ca39e70156ed81331b4ee0b97981ed63e1723c32fac5989cd0b99affa8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124FE 10460 bytes