Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 542db24cff755168…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 23:42:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2ca741992146349ee5486c3cbd2a7551 SHA-1: a069de74673eedbc90a72404e5c55b95e4c7b023 SHA-256: 542db24cff755168bd99f18f4131367c0c70ed55321931ff7df9865cee7fbdcc
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 file functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely intended to distribute malware or facilitate phishing attacks. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure suggest it is designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=motion+in+two+dimension+mcqs+with+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a215e22d5303e28467b9449d22ba04e/nurexazejogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52d5e01e56906412ccb5b98c48e90243/1590523298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa7728db661deac46bfb01e0db535fb9/tiroxeperuvuvivowiwepad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/57006316565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/697847109637f2128ab366b1fa104f03/47304739608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verimevzabavu.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9016319764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4874935535b806f9c78f019b2a87198c/guduwedigofilar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b19a571666889d306b8930b181df1119/pegafibekapiwudifirudulif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b20024a3c---mizujisakizipepatevuduwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplo76.ru/uploads/file/lopejuteketozeledazusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuhomania.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62325148508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4b3587cbbda66038a86ab99e666cce6/mawepujetapoximugamoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf7867f0f0---maxugadumute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41c5acc52a7615a93152689bb11445ee/4345209848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/91578105728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/12340124917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcf940f0eb0---xodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerbreadvillage.org/clients/e/e3/e396b250b60561adcb946853f9f62e29/File/71273995205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ferewabigudelasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0196486761a1b3edcf4ae68fdbee454a/27986785308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5370e4ae5cfb57d9c8175e8814c6fda9/widugumiluvujekosoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c872d6366cf---bejokimusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/golukerifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210605160851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/navemapojupotipen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d98a41706a---34832157904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aec23ab27d61f8373f031a9aa9c8757f/jigeb.pdfIn 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_off0000d502.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD502 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED14 17064 bytes
SHA-256: 604d015b0035bfd1002291b2c8d4fd5faff6d5cad0b6789e03d04108b71aca1a
font_02_sfnt_off000119b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B8 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 25d558ef962e11aa49a75d17889caf0e4d049ebc663dc86162b3bf5e8647cb47