Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a317d91e887cd9c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 06:36:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a449ff7e61ca3f3d1ea5cd810cce18ec SHA-1: 636dfa4202ff7134d8f9d9b968c027c347d6c481 SHA-256: a317d91e887cd9c4707743abf0ea781d00b4c53d4009e0b42070b4345267515a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lilly+tracker+app+download
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7d0d0b70da6525017608b21dddbbaab/10246850507.pdf
    • http://montoaneli.com/ckfinder/files/widevinuruzepodefiwiweg.pdf
    • http://yoga-privates.com/yoga-privates/file/valekufalitoxewuguvuzopal.pdf
    • http://sinojjacob.com/userfiles/file/lunetokivesogegefikafow.pdf
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91bck5h1vkreaecbh79gst3un6/69550462176.pdf
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/31658898934.pdf
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138cae11d733---suxufujib.pdf
    • http://kiajihlava.cz/UserFiles/File/87581891895.pdf
    • http://ysmenmidwestindia.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/zavukuvizazulikewogigoleg.pdf
    • http://simkoongschool.com/uploads/editer/files/63501831368.pdf
    • http://hamlineparkplaza.com/assets/amund/ckfinder/userfiles/files/numijirutavid.pdf
    • http://vagyonvedelemszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/giputegume.pdf
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/65340543699.pdf
    • http://fanta-life.com/userfiles/file/86448020742.pdf
    • http://qamsar.org/userfiles/files/sodobonevopixup.pdf
    • http://artio.pl/files/files/89542953937.pdf
    • https://mannerfeltdesignteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vizix.pdf
    • https://goodmix-psc.com/userfiles/files/52745959436.pdf
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/29004781237.pdf
    • http://wccflooring.com/userfiles/files/vogijulesoliluteveju.pdf
    • https://peltonfell.org.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46658330734.pdf
    • https://www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/somulopo.pdf
    • http://cukiernia.eu/upload/files/8285704283.pdf
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613365237516f---98335812657.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_off0000ccaa.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCAA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4bc.bin
5d5fb45ebee1784bd8b2c85b8af2d9fc3d929e23f5ffa566f0254855831640e2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4BC 16876 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001108d.bin
c092d57cebcfb771ad416a45994d6ef78bd45bf0372e1f0e2df993c917fcf4c1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1108D 10588 bytes