Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c653984b402b03c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 15:30:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 990870b7fa8ef4d751d3cca9de6399c6 SHA-1: f49f90ff9918ff49846e2d0932d49f53f34dd067 SHA-256: 8c653984b402b03c7baf53d22c2fad0273bed9138a602330b0e56c68e1b3ee84
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters suggests a phishing or SEO manipulation tactic to distribute potentially harmful content, such as malware or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=alien+shooter+lost+city+unlimited+money+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072da0804480---wunilimipikokoduwisofuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burke-gallonfamilyreunion.com/clients/28163/File/84198624161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/bixukisetilifiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acavacecio.it/userfiles/files/lirojajelaxunomav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2a551638f---68912306445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents//files/28348582791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0kaooqer988rp0g35un9bl32s6/dudovukumexebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharkovinkom.com/sharkovinkom.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41652553371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/93262434546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ojchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lupozudojibinepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df9f42b151e---rawigijenekewulelizixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcab1106259---sejavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceg31i6bbam1gfmv4vurj6ka9g/bopalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larustt.com/upload/ckfinder/files/95496658269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961f9c610d3---35274149961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4da7d90f850f28b93398b7602b3b40bf/wituro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pisangmanis.com/contents//files/pomojodimadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b997ef7b2a5---18975185986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeyadhurgatemple.com/userfiles/file/kuvosugagubozubosititer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44bf3f280bb292c0cacaa2371f6869df/26361610269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108bfe329914---fodumelofudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5f2d807cfe693f5520d32e49dce84bf/9897388947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16741195431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/212fb4e389d9258d2372758030c6cd0b/50267336090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jimigubellifoundation.org/clients/f/f9/f96c94eea877db95ad0a8b6fd709b1ed/File/fesapubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketypik.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/jekeg.pdfIn 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://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_off0000daf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f305.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF305 20196 bytes
SHA-256: b924e3a032f51999b9ef4546f7d7d481877aa4b8f5153c8415bb0076720cc48a
font_02_sfnt_off00012618.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12618 11068 bytes
SHA-256: a6385b3a76af9a3d977ffca3c9ccaf6bed41201d7ec1935ecb699c9ca442b036