Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f64c9ad6a041d86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:36:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bc05f45a14c4cb6edb97a3e5946c2959 SHA-1: 11a84100aa98e492c50acaa1e4d36ddf87f22675 SHA-256: 7f64c9ad6a041d86b4b15e607c02ef41d0cddcf16846a39045a6b3c111822dcf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to a variety of websites, including those hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of link farms and UTM parameters suggests an attempt to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=phoenix+browser+pro+apk
    • http://1666-3668.com/attach/userfiles/file/63087429207.pdf
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b816dacd79cb7c2f1731c020dd61f5e/24437663047.pdf
    • http://kanomax-nsk.ru/images/98892653511.pdf
    • http://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/luvefapazorezorofuzuje.pdf
    • https://degardo.hollandpazsit.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65530061036.pdf
    • http://adbuilder.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pobifokuzupalomabojimidon.pdf
    • http://studiolegalebisantis.it/userfiles/files/masamebijaj.pdf
    • http://tunapvietnam.thietbiotoviet.com/Images_upload/files/73239787291.pdf
    • http://filippodelvita.com/demo/userfiles/file/7341980045.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/126866abad9c3d1aa6bb8816551984ce/15953480779.pdf
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/vikiwibesisodod.pdf
    • http://opersan.com/file/4549138429.pdf
    • https://nichecnk.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/jawisotalovamefe.pdf
    • https://hopadive.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sudinedarizunusorofiwili.pdf
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e596e7d83ac73d5772bd50c2d63700c6/tekod.pdf
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o7phj56hvtqntdqfjbffggruj1/12254148447.pdf
    • http://skidubravy.sk/spravca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/notefurodozutuvumusufaf.pdf
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/1600641418.pdf
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161419c2348910---ribetefuz.pdf
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42cvhctrsk9ic14q43lbqtoftd/79328469367.pdf
    • http://harringtonassociateslaw.com/Test/JabzMedicalBillingService/userfiles/file/wepuguvamaxomiban.pdf
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/482c041255fc59643a76c7f69b0d414e/20535848621.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_off0000aee3.bin
01100918a5cbff377d8f5f6d75988589f3a2ba91bc923a20b6f72f3456dc3cd1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEE3 15016 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4d3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4D3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecea.bin
268cef185edf166fceeee899fec22335083f60deb06a632bb5e71bbdea149e2c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECEA 10628 bytes