Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5473636efe5b6436…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-07-18 05:02:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0bbfe13d8309018462374127dfae8786 SHA-1: 54fae8a1663098d448c8c2dcacc2d1c00e8b1e4f SHA-256: 5473636efe5b64361e330feb74756c05dd520a2fff6b217b2baa32fdd849c78f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The primary goal appears to be to lead users to malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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 http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/37342014330.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alwaysfavorentertainment.com/clients/879371/File/bixalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monroehighbeachreunion.com/clients/8/88/88bd109b8fc96949fe6caf7698e88fda/File/81603070268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qfj62gmo16ec8h2tghnc3u8v26/57926365977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2131ee5db---folubod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a775ffb02e0---60496267935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0fmnfbritam7lkat2g8de1u46/70715952785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/fofubitukixajunivefamim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salpasafarit.fi/tiedostot/files/37589369981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d6da3a14ae01d35cd0a20ecde6db8d6/90263579555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/tegiparusomabunufabifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2d8220a63---kojubamixarineledep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///bopatupijotukitosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/ludoroxikogepenosirixime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4e1f498a6---sogawib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drthchowdary.net/userfiles/file/fifir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genericdiabeticteststrips.com/userfiles/files/pebibuvujilerutome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog//file/5622672067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benly-carson.com/product/files/vuvovafujusimozekep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39cbbc7f98f95442f1ea1aedad7dec71/61335748599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68bb5bda50026598759f85061c1cfa1a/98092680525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stardentalcare.org/userfiles/file/41515117156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/39277319307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogalakustik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/ninugedabinilipofawikalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+causes+of+desertificationPDF 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_off000120fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013910.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13910 17584 bytes
SHA-256: a543836b48931e98564f37056b5ead866c17972ac1e7f8a8787d268ced5b305e
font_02_sfnt_off00016577.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16577 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 4d39bb7243b564fbb97ea6229779ae8f851faffc5c2bd5ff019aff2019539099