Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6416b932eda6d7fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-08-08 17:41:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5cd205aba575d7cac4e3be6c48653f45 SHA-1: 5920c154fcc275bafaea64b6ffef3f5ba7c5efbe SHA-256: 6416b932eda6d7fd37b79a5d5ec9a06963d3b467fa88984016583afac8ca9b63
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which host further PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload or lead the user to a phishing site. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests a coordinated effort to distribute malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c700318cfa0---bugekilopinakopovagorutuw.pdf
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a930df5d237a1a2666c2266d59586e2f/lisoxogapugufagifidovasu.pdf
    • https://hkparkkonutlari.com/image/files/maduxiputipipovibit.pdf
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/wuvibefubegaduse.pdf
    • https://kaemsp.org/upload/editor/file/57894448312.pdf
    • http://alt-1c.ru/userfiles/file/50927491588.pdf
    • http://dejede.com/userfiles/file/36494013729.pdf
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mdeq1pipilheum207clf64o427/18167622782.pdf
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791b795fda1---winulesolefuzeb.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794388b25df---tegefabedonulituwekex.pdf
    • https://ciiinnovationsummit.com/ci/userfiles/files/75586519219.pdf
    • https://www.zolmedis.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24193072606.pdf
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4d65fbbbb8---fonigetakizag.pdf
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9ac6ae1fe44a9dd1f0f97191f318ed9/8027931147.pdf
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073745448463---83739134615.pdf
    • http://csc020.com/userfiles/file/20210606235647_c9744k.pdf
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f00716aa44---92555207368.pdf
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/1096921084608a562b445e2.pdf
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ff004e8f9---biwuzegegixime.pdf
    • http://scantech3d.com/files/wosasopapurebevokiz.pdf
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tixemulenogebukizedut.pdf
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/vumoj.pdf
    • http://whippets-au.com/clients/7/7f/7f5032e15db821a993a8146895416847/File/zanitusas.pdf
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf8d5663468f35e4ac249279bc5a3456/ligololatudum.pdf
    • http://vksraja.in/fckeditor/upload/file/21305653757.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=comparing+c3+c4+and+cam+plants
    • 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_off00010362.bin
97da058e06ea118e6198dbbbffdd593680e7e4f84b38beb2d69e23d2e3cb018b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10362 17416 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001310a.bin
8e05ef265d1282fb3b9cf5f85dec802c7d3e42906bf5466d90fb85fc79b74f13
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1310A 11008 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014a6e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A6E 16792 bytes