Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62ed4bc70535181d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-08-18 20:12:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 290803c3430a3e88acfbbe58abc1ef8d SHA-1: 90c410e4ff138315c58087be58b19997e30537d8 SHA-256: 62ed4bc70535181db0783b49e8f1ee692a57b76e647a66b51324c910212e7785
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting domains. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/peromutanokilarefigujedu.pdf
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607439f1506cb---gexowe.pdf
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/ninudokokunom.pdf
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/37500447779.pdf
    • https://villamishkan.com/310renonew/front/images/files/56049683765.pdf
    • http://gerocuki.hu/user/file/zubagefosajelez.pdf
    • https://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/nawotuwarowoweze.pdf
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941551dae47---15238646762.pdf
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0evmp5o3aj5piqr9pjbd3e9m9d/dujulufudogadidefulig.pdf
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/xexotawufobokoxunenij.pdf
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/temuf.pdf
    • https://leanuslab.com/UserFiles/file/46623939976.pdf
    • http://rialta.ie/userfiles/files/21426208832.pdf
    • http://run2endalz.org/clients/2/2b/2b4973775a35d8819257a28a16fdea67/File/86354050652.pdf
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e831b2eac5---54316129261.pdf
    • http://banlinhkienlaptop.com/userfiles/file/73373256403.pdf
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/3842716546.pdf
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945066d861d---49253258890.pdf
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61e82a5711c295901d9817ce660baec9/44611023842.pdf
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/94327571266.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8018652beb---41411471686.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/655c58676ad0a129d5adffc8d5e2cb04/piluwuveperufutof.pdf
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b7ac058a35---rigukanowudufuwojamaxox.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cranium+game+answers
    • 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_off0000beb8.bin
134dedcdbcaf49c33e487f02a2409bec0aa950e79be1d228e790f5c16193340a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEB8 10404 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d64a.bin
7673296d00ded2e3bf21bad91b83b95c202b688453e0b44861afa884af30b318
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD64A 15456 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdd6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDD6 16792 bytes