Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 607d3d58bdc08bfd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:32:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0ff6c816a74b9387173a92790e4be029 SHA-1: b9871129dde92b3a774c627a3a8efce55539974c SHA-256: 607d3d58bdc08bfd96edc78e51909d8d326533518a3934913ff08eebd65cdf34
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a tactic to obscure the final malicious destination. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=half+and+half+wrasse PDF link annotation
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waxudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dla4bch5idukbg7v9orago8qci/95594456004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105379bf2c78---97429726923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831ea06ec9f---tolexaduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresshasnoclothes.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/gibutugogisen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ing-ka.com/user_img/file/14197859565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/31003712803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e456ac677---44084737300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5ceea714f---9287803812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b507d02111f154f45b6c74d59ba13bd/jexajejigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusafirobigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeon-dev.com/uploads/files/202108240635527848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygrind.ie/userfiles/file/39119195975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/4106647198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/55587047429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecab0ed593f---36361453576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-wonders.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/bolitinobakig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e648b2625be---xesodagunevifedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/68990813692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdxqw.com/uploadfile/file/tesodozubemorupupibamotuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54dc539d2f4312dcced3e7e6a18107b8/kibojefigibuditenojaxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/wonegovutomibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad8dfc8a9a---sobupetezakol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e174.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE174 19228 bytes
SHA-256: fc413469c9eb3043548de2e3a2db17b0a7acd75f3122a74616dc0e8e403d4acd
font_01_sfnt_off000113c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113C8 10216 bytes
SHA-256: d546600bcbee576a8d757071ab2ef54fea92f3388c20c7e351d4efe1dafe2397
font_02_sfnt_off00012aa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1