Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e587eaf621edae9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 20:43:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1ae888bccb86a214e9dbb34b1cf75310 SHA-1: dd193f01eb45fd62c70006eabf4852bb224ab0a2 SHA-256: 5e587eaf621edae9ea5611d69130d69608ea59d22139b4dbe046a439e922a0b0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites. Several of these URLs lead to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters indicate a coordinated effort to lure users through various channels.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/33425528545.pdf
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/029a47ace3aab756c9f139c5574423e1/tixivetemonifo.pdf
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45172918640.pdf
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e456b8b66---55593986760.pdf
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/kirexewilexituzomefixize.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613637daf3253---18288619299.pdf
    • http://red-persimmons.com/upfiles/editor/files/mazigodubasuvemo.pdf
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb27c348bb---77417821027.pdf
    • http://lnv-cnc.com/userfiles/file/julitosoxonuzotix.pdf
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36480474335.pdf
    • https://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/43759193177.pdf
    • http://ets-sptk.ru/pic/file/vonipagujupuf.pdf
    • http://qdsenfeng.com/data/files/9506371176.pdf
    • http://miskolciharsona.hu/pictures/file/xofutamozomatevuw.pdf
    • http://em-mould.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fimuzitofaxeseranetebu.pdf
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86c3df593c8616d996cb5362811fed15/nufenukexusibusulijelusem.pdf
    • http://hanyuchina.com/upload/files/77871622599.pdf
    • https://rinducm1.com/contents/files/48221530928.pdf
    • http://gzcil.com/uploadfile/files/gelugezutidijomidabesav.pdf
    • http://china-spec.ru/userfiles/file/51701808958.pdf
    • http://stlukesfp.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9610831456.pdf
    • http://zafirkort.com/uploads/files/reniwiwokedubom.pdf
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a189cf3fabbfb59efda895405bf3730c/demilu.pdf
    • http://ordinate-ltd.com/file_media/file_image/file/31227389704.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=install+apps+on+mi+tv
    • http://s250801404.onlinehome.fr/img/uploaded/file/49595251799.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_off0000c9e1.bin
9ce633182c8bedef44ddff62acb8bb937867765caf26f1f0da47a2ce6d8fd213
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9E1 10196 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0b6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0B6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8c8.bin
a4f7c9b4f4f6c65230b78172edfe28d879b1f569ee0e60c99b53f2b15425fcc6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C8 17172 bytes