Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6035f470bf28002a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-18 18:31:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b664cda68664c246014b5c194927f74f SHA-1: 9a20360e032d87f27de56788202e12ef8cc4a374 SHA-256: 6035f470bf28002ae2632604fa95d77e64f070d20aff0057561c234e898911b0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. These links likely serve as lures to phishing sites or downloaders for further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa537da2a1---mivubibiveboxifofejalawa.pdf
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/39777605201.pdf
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210603_A47226434BA82677.pdf
    • http://www.humillacionyestrella.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48624678718.pdf
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9amh8bnvp7abmfglp67fh6b73/16473274272.pdf
    • https://rpdev.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46922060703.pdf
    • http://www.irrv.org/uploads/files/27801098395.pdf
    • https://egf.tw/test2/images/file/wajufuliresub.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818f811b4e9---pomiwobitezakogazonawofa.pdf
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021071704444973499.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/topupanufuxekemi.pdf
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/69437949314.pdf
    • http://sweetbasketsbyjackie.com/clients/864293/File/43728151046.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c88424916---zijimazunuzobifefudukop.pdf
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/14263601868.pdf
    • https://studiopros.com/userfiles/file/
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jimet.pdf
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/79000205588.pdf
    • http://czytamzezrozumieniem.pl/userfiles/file/15576827714.pdf
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095afe02ea18---miziwivedarovi.pdf
    • https://habibitours.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86499169374.pdf
    • https://elsadaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pamapafepilugawukigoxape.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aff3b0b5257---41987449108.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=mobile+repairing+book+free+download+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_off0000ddf4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f60b.bin
60e9930c2642cd39b0a23fd8f18422da1f4502a481e094ad1b2f3b3dfa24e737
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF60B 10716 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010e54.bin
d081863ea41770fe9ebade938375b279506a0241beae2a989bc9180071edeb0a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E54 17432 bytes