Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95b760b6c0e9147c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:07:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: f66c2b4fc5ef177588fece0a5b2880cf SHA-1: 6745e0ab4bf27b7d3de156363c6bf0f8b0bc1bc4 SHA-256: 95b760b6c0e9147c3e3b04795194191170c7ccadb427fed6d2d6c3a2030960aa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to various websites. Several of these URLs are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a potential distribution point for malicious content. The presence of a 'download' lure heuristic further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.mariabeckmann.com/fotos/uploads/files/nadazosanesusumulo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dnt-mayak.ru/content/File/sixepubekadusaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1631378940_63ecef780b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/492h71ovmmcfq7fcn80248ds13/dilufubitifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfoleyinc.com/userfiles/file/41366462002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/19078323087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn-----6kcaheblih5ab0a6afqbzoqe.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vunesenubejugam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jca-t.com/fck_image/file/82713456618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/21949991665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://behtarinekhodetbash.com/files/files/jafibiwadesuxedamorag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d27c26c1ff---diduvobopenevire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfaspot.com/resimler/files/96493007805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcolley.com/uploads/files/jezej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613acb1f851f6---bewudedopukuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://darshanam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kakubuzonekuwazuwuwilut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139380acfa8b---32644350542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimdaiphatsteel.com/Images_upload/files/37476197205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.juniorcollege.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vebowobomipubaramakomides.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternhoteljeju.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_7FF94C6FA53AB734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91f4d9b41d11c887c473dca8b40dda88/48056255117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/savuketep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/85671692922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d4ef9ca0fd---mofonulugow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tolaniprojects.com/userfiles/file/95129753670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/42291319471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=civilization+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000de1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE1F 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 52df78862eda1ddc970b39b5447fe86cabc5de6196ad04e1f526631ac481622e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF596 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 805b82b4126d887d7929a59c67f7e62d7db87df4b57dd574ee1e7ac653474ea2
font_02_sfnt_off00012270.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12270 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1