Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 641966a12a1353df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:49:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cb2cffaeed5a298958624df46a2bea6f SHA-1: beecc00deb2d458bad0c8b031fee5a12c0a42dab SHA-256: 641966a12a1353dffb29f175478bb347f09f7889a42c9fae68ac0200eb91b15a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly indicate an attempt to direct users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/77519590739.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d504dcd2a4---nodivovewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087008989cbf---tavetemikenikebuwozit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608093f63f3df---godepixegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etimes.mn/uploads/files/mupuvikamofikalag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sospapa24.com/lib/ckfinder/imgupload/files/76129940239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladue69.com/clients/876446/File/47616238798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markfarolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dakowopitujujedaxomep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aluminiosarla.com/userfiles_arla/files/todibujokuginosufosugej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awkontrakt.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56063481286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ffb3066c7---givuxuxopatewexelimetik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa69bdce58d---67368506443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esvigo.com/upload/files/93875321488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stringpoets.com/userfiles/file/3811597627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a796787kgfu82dsq0srdf5c68/vosavuxolavuluwamuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94cd8a340d---risosogunowotufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/duxepatasulatesanap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4l81rkt4rikn6pbc9ivkhkih4/lodukejezobekasezadob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a13f27f05b---fepovikufilogifiwamepiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haki.vn/uploads/files/lokagevamezudeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/fifobawalenape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb516cec23---2298796121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/43227498412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chung-pei.com/userfiles/file/1398107040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/nenur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=rutinas+de+gym+para+bajar+de+peso+pdfPDF 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_off0001151f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1151F 19876 bytes
SHA-256: 83ee3dc563c5acf6b72feb85e78838d1f0f842cfaf76d9878b45fc9edb6f2101
font_01_sfnt_off00014808.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14808 11324 bytes
SHA-256: 8530ec5e0f64a62ba96380d2bf1f4760288ff1b111219f2d03f138497c85b9d7
font_02_sfnt_off00016235.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16235 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1