Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5767da10b5f16a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 07:03:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ba6ab3fc9b34b7ca1f08d08c0713681d SHA-1: 040bff29e60146fcdd27be0886b496d404b85d4f SHA-256: a5767da10b5f16a65c996db361dcb8fa2656f42afbdf02ed833f3afafe830ac9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Multiple heuristics point to the PDF acting as a link farm, directing users to various external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest the PDF is intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is+steel+an+element+or+compound
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/rudumeju.pdf
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/rapubosigu.pdf
    • http://nc-israel.ru/upload/files/61584475071.pdf
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acd4ea6d2559c18e3a3316a722778ca7/xabuxudemidedi.pdf
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4nnc0bm58mmquchv89fdaaljm0/16652703457.pdf
    • http://bioterapiazabiegi.pl/obrazy/file/sakakirofaled.pdf
    • https://pasarantogeldua.com/contents//files/medamojuxep.pdf
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19e3tufclkrqbctnbqf7f6bnql/zajilotiririwuso.pdf
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8fbd9b53e5---57699050745.pdf
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/83227194954.pdf
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160925704cda0c---sasadifaburarim.pdf
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/33773894757.pdf
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d23b8b24e207919ee3b221a4763f67e/polawapofuxugupupebi.pdf
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0ed44f8a3---87408245171.pdf
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/296557e49ead36082c3b9c75c3b2194a/wazore.pdf
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a24aafa11---vewofaf.pdf
    • https://hainutedecopii.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33960842202.pdf
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a06f8631fc---munuzepep.pdf
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/tuxokitejanun.pdf
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80b00a23ec1daadc6297a49d5ac24867/vofesojorunuwilebulimadom.pdf
    • http://royalgoodviewresort.com/Uploads/file/nimarenobigelovexuvi.pdf
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/194e5c908bf989ca642335a0555e6a47/sixavavagoguvokevu.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607248d8b66d3---78263697400.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_off0000e849.bin
c556f75a5e136af04426eb7d72827d328f745ab62062733df560464577d942eb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE849 10636 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001009c.bin
37d6cf5e7b9019d47b791341c8301239d505c0fec5b0b32efa1a8209bc269f4c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1009C 16892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012c89.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C89 16792 bytes