Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 573c20b92cd7619c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 06:34:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6685d4ead6273b6cec795373c72e8faa SHA-1: d5269891cc19f89f67ca56fc89d5332ae7b0c6df SHA-256: 573c20b92cd7619c265b137737c671629b2c693dcd531550832350cfa6bfb929
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and link farms points towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/92867198840.pdf
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866b4dcf6a6---63161420601.pdf
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0c97a92bcd---rakujowaxozubedumi.pdf
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92438275913.pdf
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be2f3323efa---99967239896.pdf
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/48169708274.pdf
    • http://nandeestationery.com/userfiles/files/49378645038.pdf
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf58a4a73c---zolilisewugopusola.pdf
    • http://filatelianumismaticaumbra.it/userfiles/file/jovirivonajamo.pdf
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/50667492414.pdf
    • https://dakhoathienhoa.net/images/files/53856874123.pdf
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a339e89feba---pewudexawepukemapuliduza.pdf
    • http://hopkinshigh1988.com/clients/75739/File/37910404919.pdf
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a89949a039641f10533f1f52b667c6e/muzitidipa.pdf
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b618c0e58b6---mabik.pdf
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/vakiwenixaxolotonirod.pdf
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/43296564768.pdf
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9561079dbb---69645791342.pdf
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791f5a38155---91109666369.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e2fd917cd---68012540549.pdf
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae29058d778---98361699478.pdf
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52eac7e298f09e88c1a33f7aa4983ded/wurafadukazomeguwalekufo.pdf
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/97373331713.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=gym+workout+ebook+free+download
    • 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_off0000cd2e.bin
4c398fe1605e6a3e718828d13e37992d9a3d5fa289c586eaaba67d81b8ff9134
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD2E 10828 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e645.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE645 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe57.bin
6f798dbd7291220f9c3ba3672f50a0dd531b84ae8ef4a3c57535358b5912f569
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE57 17440 bytes