Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62c1f15e3bc1ab03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-10 18:57:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c66ab57b30cb598c92dce3ebbd933d6e SHA-1: 6b8e5e9cc234a23d0f93eb01a7ff92d4cfc5c2ad SHA-256: 62c1f15e3bc1ab03d52c33f41cfc56508fcd7bff5d1e525cd110e8fa1ec0bdbc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous links on potentially untrusted domains suggests an attempt to obscure the true destination or to host a variety of payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://edituj.cz/res/file/ditegoditubizax.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fiwebusetupidamufet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yachtandgulet.com/userfiles/file/53412695971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k31szmq42-nu28.com/contents/files/75089462579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-daomeng.com/upload/userfiles/files/9659ebd20fe67987711f986508152142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssekolkata.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53301619683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pp-aqua.com/userfiles/files/xubenesigegupalirexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ecf10ed74b---62654656435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maritime-models.com/userfiles/file/93863659791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26639585071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/ritisufebulevawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decom.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wosuxudawolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yam-token.com/business_school/uploads/file/97866032558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300df2511df---90152170002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlssj.com/qianzi/upfile/case_editor/file/23659991615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/34918840904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leeandrewdavison.com/download/julonaderitobomanexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/kifodewagatinimiwaxoguti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fe6e6c22ef---vepokavasevus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395ee977fdd---degovaxiximanobikalugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14edff695af076e11f9328adc14dd6ef/55456053360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocinofilomarsalese.com/userfiles/files/dokeguxumorewotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdcd5ae20813dbf0df51eeda21554036/jazejewaxalagikeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oykufestivali.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84208092701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382d68c413c---87024300172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factblogs.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/34587688164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.vn/upload/files/mexile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=download+douyin+apkPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d692.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD692 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eea4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA4 17868 bytes
SHA-256: 51ba297da7672cb734137efe8de3f07486615c74407eccd3ef60eaddfc18f353
font_02_sfnt_off00011cb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB3 10280 bytes
SHA-256: e289c80ea9999a85ff4d86faee14366281fcc09dc8d046dea8cd03dce766b993