Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ec0f1a28eeed3bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 10:33:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 520e21a56af047a7bc348755b1b3cf11 SHA-1: 00634bc29c11dca8914d9688a7c18d2133f841a2 SHA-256: 7ec0f1a28eeed3bd77edb5ecc4325c336fd1b2bed487da74e161e537ec21f20b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests these links are used for SEO manipulation or to distribute further malicious content. The presence of 'utm_term=open+camera+apk' in one URL hints at a lure for users seeking specific applications, potentially leading to phishing or malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=open+camera+apk
    • http://cw-cut.com/uploads/file/69246730505.pdf
    • https://bwhe.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61464582842.pdf
    • http://futimisdev.com/userfiles/file/25524933383.pdf
    • https://xn--fct5g39pjpo.tw/upload/leakstop/files/juvedigarogage.pdf
    • https://tatvan.in/userfiles/file/43205371676.pdf
    • https://bbox.ru/images/shared/file/9918336993.pdf
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/zakekawadonuxakafi.pdf
    • http://e-skala.pl/userfiles/file/63585586613.pdf
    • http://islandpointfl.com/userimages/basudeziwolomupudomiko.pdf
    • https://nakatarikaszel.pl/app/webroot/userfiles/file/28266766155.pdf
    • http://homestationrealty.com/userfiles/files/14344923510.pdf
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328ca1ba532---vuvizopekid.pdf
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e63eb69be---novatixirajovesipidefem.pdf
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/nobobufadidamupibobami.pdf
    • http://addisonplaza.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/zofebebiwowuxawazewederaj.pdf
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ll89joq91l5ccc7auqhhq1cnp/59154363156.pdf
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/49729128753.pdf
    • https://eliteplacementagency.com/uploads/files/36732453192.pdf
    • http://katour.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/virivu.pdf
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/golutip.pdf
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/wininovutuzugexodubi.pdf
    • http://jtravel.clickis.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210916_596099D0C93D0927.pdf
    • https://asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78275901155.pdf
    • http://qunjl.com/userfiles/files/wakemalagitibib.pdf
    • http://lasermedia.cn/userfiles/file/lifopisamagunikogo.pdf
    • 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_off0000f151.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF151 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010968.bin
efaea19bd3d738515816f94536687815357748f0e87c3b7687e2fe870ffeebf6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10968 10128 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ffe.bin
b5246ac7b81ac8fa0bda55d4c54b78550ab9a629e5bbc3dba57992a6685b3d2e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FFE 16804 bytes