Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5de9673f3ff358df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 06:05:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7ae3f18e83959210a7dcf7d3f08e7ac9 SHA-1: aabc8c8120e60180bec5d857369be883873f6834 SHA-256: 5de9673f3ff358dfb48f190dbdfc2118fc281f93164f3348e68d12522f55e616
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that function as a link farm, directing users to other PDF files hosted on various domains. Several heuristics indicate these links point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9945

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=libro+de+matematicas+de+segundo+grado+de+primaria+contestado+2019
    • https://civilkontroll.hu/uploads/file/20712367165.pdf
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/vutotudux.pdf
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/fanefopu.pdf
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10d0bdd29c16fa2fdc3e6cdffd38541e/bakivoxefawe.pdf
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/vepeg.pdf
    • http://idaskitchen.org/clients/d/d8/d86ca706a5600d452cde81e4a21b2d68/File/tojavawesod.pdf
    • http://kientrucnhacuagio.com/upload/files/29442285259.pdf
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf6ee0e38297b3370e89f35bf22d7fbf/47723889694.pdf
    • https://fminterativa.net/cms/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74669395959.pdf
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83bu8514kbthf0vbmnuen832g1/luvalimixexilixexupe.pdf
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/33205269202.pdf
    • http://pratiklinik.com/img/userfiles/files/pidizaselisub.pdf
    • https://lesartsdansmonjardin.com/userfiles/file/20210608162650.pdf
    • https://arrad.ch/modules/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vetagag.pdf
    • https://edinburghpools.com/contents//files/xanikuzirozaragipamowozi.pdf
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/23545667162.pdf
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11359211848.pdf
    • https://zanhotel.ro/beficientconsultingFiles/file/28059943879.pdf
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8322fd8ec7aa0e7ce65de5e10fbfa1a1/609831492.pdf
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/mavevezo.pdf
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df2268eff7f---85152421413.pdf
    • http://cci100.com/clients/57496/File/50095177422.pdf
    • https://ecodiagnost.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nanamopifozaj.pdf
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b43f425aa1c---nefujerejeferalud.pdf
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64fa1e22b06e03f3ff4de5277680509b/49374845744.pdf
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/pinemopipokokolulekaw.pdf
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/72405124868.pdf
    • 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_off0000c559.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC559 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd6b.bin
0be091e304f4924c4bde38b17b6dfb17bb0d732f01b7370b15efe33c4c1fc0c1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD6B 16676 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000107b2.bin
da0e1109bd44d03984b114de3597a7800f4f604e4f6f9568dda59d2d3b3be53b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107B2 11472 bytes