Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 962645dbe332c6ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 17:33:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 8f6c3d8f68b6ddee6ab47f76f6abf5fa SHA-1: d93ee5aad741cf01ffbec089a9101c94c49146b3 SHA-256: 962645dbe332c6eaa6c14e10775edf1cda52b8548eab7ca322ad3b3369bfc420
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of numerous links, including those with UTM parameters, suggests an attempt to direct traffic for malicious purposes, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161383d7cc3955---pomizixawuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cermak-expo.cz/data/files/file/85144728190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ip-golubev.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vujujus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thamcohoaian.com/webroot/img/files/tutatapupuxojarurezaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5elk55jg1d2rlbeeq9qhdk473/magegafezavaguxizabapeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/37871511879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedjtjdshbf.pretty-match.com/upload/files/mumutoramedifusarekiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c2166fcb88d58a0a28f00172cd387fa/21848942373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texinpack.com/uploadfile/file///2021090804270792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freewest.at/47285258226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medizator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xirobifagekivufigibarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pt2-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/begoneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autonoleggioassereto.com/file/kuvafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mklaassen.nl/images/file/xefevinomadol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161337a9787c26---2699087049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54967575658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaas-journal.org/survey/userfiles/files/90770080852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drbumbnursinghome.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolelanovufanazifuzegudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.de/userfiles/files/duvuguxifuroku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stowarzyszeniemalyksiaze.eu/img/upload/files/70098144233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--82ca1bkibi6eufn5bh1b7i3e.com/UserFiles/File/88184529186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccbb69af37d479110280b4e696f8bbc1/fedorowovonesunotis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ndmoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vidusapomogukixomosox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimore.vn/webroot/img/files/53032598438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/vefodavowesulasofomafibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=nelson+pediatric+pdf+freePDF 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_off0000c4b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC5 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 464b3c1b34f1032baa12d746af9555c36ee01257f8296a0f59c7be14ea7823ed
font_02_sfnt_off000109a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A9 10592 bytes
SHA-256: daacb50d2959a6c8607ffcdf5017529e6f0f5eb745f94618243ab457db78f25d