Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62157993e3a083f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 02:32:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: df562da04160178c5f4c21a200f9ad5f SHA-1: a91e1f4a484c26f2eb5b92334998acad4b1e88d2 SHA-256: 62157993e3a083f826272c95fcca8e1440215452f0e9ae16f05e0a9aef9a6dd6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The primary goal appears to be phishing or distributing further malware through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+elite+pass+and+diamonds+for+free+fire+app
    • http://northphoenixmustangs66.com/clients/4/4b/4b49b54eec06ebba3741256e9f3e6f2b/File/30549735612.pdf
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/18436578277.pdf
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb8ff1900d---kojizaxekojoxaxujobilefiz.pdf
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f96114969ce42f97a43b965a1268771/sinodagagotamusalel.pdf
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64eba3c499---likiko.pdf
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ec278dbb8---18395502545.pdf
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc1935074b0---vujizufowapad.pdf
    • https://gomaihoa.net/upload/files/19334118732.pdf
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/jikat.pdf
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6q4inuijpcao24grl76u4c5ien/karedaxelax.pdf
    • http://kids-ex.com/80383475653.pdf
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ci2uctqhtddb54cqf9hsktsr2f/sozubuvagupofukogig.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb8f8ab131---potij.pdf
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073fff38c42c---besatopizana.pdf
    • https://semut73.com/contents//files/zotoranotipi.pdf
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqbe4e66lkiunij33qtu9bsvnp/fojome.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b102aa8376c---feloxud.pdf
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad04d41d797---69711296320.pdf
    • http://tetraeng.it/userfiles/files/kelarewoviroxovazifipan.pdf
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9ctsdqdqoc79nnt21u76512k7/6628203516.pdf
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a51900905975e8197e7973d33113f71/19720746007.pdf
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jkbuh61ieus06s1e18jq9am6e5/jesobababuzidejezax.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_off0000e25c.bin
ff9d7f014d7a5c6bcad85eea7f3f465cf3a0580367a3b73fbda4b8fff646716e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE25C 17932 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000110aa.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110AA 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000128c1.bin
2df271f0eccc179daf8628ffd195f35d866ce66189eddf69b971c0cb9a5a1c57
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128C1 10636 bytes