Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 643db5be71b2f86c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-07-18 00:01:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8e20ce283c8d591b99394b3d8fe094d3 SHA-1: ff22228416f2e4cd39622a7174cdc8d67274f902 SHA-256: 643db5be71b2f86cd6d06a50f5c20d231c3dc15b0e3f351cb5aade09714f94f5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to phishing or malware sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm suggests an attempt to lure users into clicking malicious links, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210718050027618.pdf
    • https://epos.nu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35072440709.pdf
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbba3b870d5a61f413318a1344f8d604/tewatasami.pdf
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c035e5871b31c0e309d5873601d3ca20/pudid.pdf
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a8e224abe---54122656538.pdf
    • http://cgl.lu/userfiles/files/dixigokidovusip.pdf
    • http://blbr365.com/userfiles/file/1620925401.pdf
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e4ae8340d6ae0206487a820e14013d2/71398274766.pdf
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7qc80hirkk6malavk88a2atkhk/lixejotube.pdf
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/wesetodudosagoxezaxopadav.pdf
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/764fe1322b6e7b223e729dd21cca3d68/72788754897.pdf
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/tatebipanimefixivil.pdf
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b6487f5de9a1c44be92b4b5b58b9708/vegapakamesu.pdf
    • http://jpcadonate.com/clients/4/48/4863a0bac697dd4b44f4a1b1fb44835f/File/sumiluxulewo.pdf
    • https://clubslotalmatriche.com/calcas/file/89875075882.pdf
    • http://jakebenmd.com/clients/0/0e/0eef9d569b11303d075d19626cc6f958/File/sipidujazinijowimawat.pdf
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4614d938d79367eb1f19c75cb75db0f/71750953573.pdf
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d41c180e95a---xodisa.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjpq2o7og79ma4qh6hdumkb8f3/80325549784.pdf
    • http://promador.pl/userfiles/file/dakorogejojewudiwokaxijem.pdf
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa041cd903f---vegozawuwejasipuzik.pdf
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltbri6ar857a2ofgihs532hkv9/kesubutajafo.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/22299421408.pdf
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085589117c4e---1409442604.pdf
    • https://thai-airpark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75540598588.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=non+chronological+report+about+animals
    • 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_off0000c16b.bin
0180326c4e195d1c68f157dba09e28f671e463cd7cb1426aa428df0829d9ac6a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC16B 11036 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dab0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB0 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2c2.bin
3868a7c427b91f2e95d108a7652af9fc30b4c2e9fefd4454eea55b1c7a0d6694
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C2 16056 bytes