Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e7b49a7b740b81f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 17:52:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fe9c46e9c6f2cfbba5ac40895874ab0c SHA-1: efe8bc547f24db4b8ee55a7236ef6a9a1f046a06 SHA-256: 5e7b49a7b740b81f48dde080313b3611cf8177f91f0cb928bbb8d1f35f25ec33
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure itself, along with the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic, strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=scribble+animation+apk
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/10151157620.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161427f6f4cae7---manobelipavubaladi.pdf
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba235d310bf34bc537a7bbd123373244/zurofazoko.pdf
    • https://rosenstein.lu/userfiles/files/57232888301.pdf
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e2a6a6a88---sokozuworatutuket.pdf
    • https://bishopsalamatkhokhar.org/userfiles/file/zawusewumisejofapejafak.pdf
    • http://uteambio.com/upload/files/bavulovusemabo.pdf
    • http://lungshingcentre.com/userfiles/penotigobe.pdf
    • http://borneneskontor-landsforening.dk/userfiles/file/kapijuwinu.pdf
    • https://saikekanglun.com/filespath/files/20210906033202.pdf
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/tulifisube.pdf
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/11440807812.pdf
    • http://smelawservice.com/file_media/file_image/file/tejeworomono.pdf
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161343eaeab782---navatexorigojosevod.pdf
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/fidawub.pdf
    • https://fontaine-eva.fr/userfiles/files/40431234392.pdf
    • http://abwalabamaave.com/uploads/files/70356550179.pdf
    • https://mgs-on-track.com/uploads/misc/files/fisovif.pdf
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614214697d643---91425721101.pdf
    • http://sualpturizm.com/userfiles/file/88760898512.pdf
    • http://thienminhgroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/19660274348.pdf
    • http://dom-2000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pubuw.pdf
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341d428caab---94516581228.pdf
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/rajesuzasupofijufanuwu.pdf
    • https://cheeselicious.net/UserFiles/file/bukajejasin.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_off0000d10f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD10F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e926.bin
df5a7bcbf8e0eb76a2491b8d8caace699a2fb55cfdcb5008d6105593fbce5365
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE926 10676 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010155.bin
4fb3a5c5ad28b22240d2835d833a31e9ca93825477062e2d699bf69952f850cb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10155 18896 bytes