Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 712ce5fd1a8c6bcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:35:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: c6ec55697d7d2f7566bf59831c390713 SHA-1: aed5227e4f9b161670ca5f5f72350456edf925ea SHA-256: 712ce5fd1a8c6bcb40be6320e327368b83c5826aa2c011eabf0442ee3035e2aa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised Content Management System (CMS) upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to potentially malicious or compromised external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/31243421896.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0lfefjopsp7pth9cvq3jekpst6/56495934935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fc58bd4fda4cfb8b9bd13391f9d3b7d/42787668804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-qigong-nice.com/upload/files/23480488632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/154361d533f1074bcee7ffff781ac9f0/mutumokabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a450e8ccec4---jifinewokowadado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/biduwoteviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldartline.ua/userfiles/file/lelol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/19384365824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/nigone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfcfdea10c6---runog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/8044997710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d401e5c929---66174758362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094defc4c829---99713564888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oilbasaro.com/web/images/ckfinder/files/20210628160026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/63048673539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73030d11b71fda14ce41c0de4c21e4b2/dokar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8d41797d6aa4e37d3b348772d3d73e2/ronat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5051236bd77c28fe4e4c9bbe8996086/20993398579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096002045187---nudaguvebewogebolanepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austral-immo.com/userfiles/files/judirofajanazidodazimepev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4h9boe7s5ogsaivoa4kbmhvsrm/4596745754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoskinspugs.net/clients/40498/File/44029307586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84c94ce2ea86c5734d2a123f363e7625/pofagofevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/55781265603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=riley+keough+toplessPDF 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_off0000eefd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEFD 10516 bytes
SHA-256: db7e134c589e2c0aa9d6bfbf566609488ff72c7e43b917d5775547ab760bb542
font_01_sfnt_off00010713.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10713 17432 bytes
SHA-256: 2bddbccb86420531ea02944f7802b059cdda636313c1aca3c51f91fc5053ee04
font_02_sfnt_off00013444.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13444 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1