Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67a87c29711492b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-06-08 07:21:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: abb481f7ec37bdaf2a7b51dccf60d433 SHA-1: e9156d9728828310c39261e195b27c712e301a05 SHA-256: 67a87c29711492b0f601b9b8c17e6e399526ecd5ce456ab97684b058c3c25175
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of the "Call of Duty Mobile apk 1.0 15" in the document body and URLs indicates a lure to download a malicious application. ClamAV and ML classifiers also flagged this PDF as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=call+of+duty+mobile+apk+1.0+15 PDF link annotation
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/517883a572db61b55bf1128b41b86991/zofijimejavatabijupagutip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/osqg77v1lc1ghq1tu8pir7d0m3/10273626277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/fuwanidibukisako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/puwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cef45d963feb9af2710dc177278cad2a/norajevipojozodabilusox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075139041c3a---93782318835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/172dc794da06e705cb41036d1e13ad4e/rekolidirakupike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f26b277fb---sogevumuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d90af48bad---ruwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businesslegalgroup.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/68013795924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe6477e2a9---51108888531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210512/file/72368249264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d7b1e1e72---81905153073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b63253417---87543587024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/69342264481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d278.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD278 4544 bytes
SHA-256: f116c9cf74aa0447fea19159598026724864ad227bcc0c9e2073b28f8cc6d474
font_01_sfnt_off0000e294.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE294 5368 bytes
SHA-256: df26625795b74308a00e343d44f22f21a9f5552b0d876a8a46799e023b0f8e89
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4FE 19640 bytes
SHA-256: c1c38a001c12f2337f71095b15045c76f54ec0362627193feda3937107853686
font_03_sfnt_off00012737.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12737 16412 bytes
SHA-256: 8292ea601b62c41d756176603a743d298cf8e36382dc70b3962337b86ead8b83
font_04_sfnt_off00013d6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D6D 4324 bytes
SHA-256: cd94ef65598b1866d0653cdd88243d989fd81359c0e770c2d3a4858f1c2f6d34