Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 add63e0e4a560b12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-10 11:55:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d579ed49eba58f992b9524d9e5dad342 SHA-1: e22c9632e8657dc33dbc58ffbd16f10b55a674b9 SHA-256: add63e0e4a560b12fcc78aa2f75a23bcadfebc203baa4eb45d350073fedf96e1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, including those hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially harmful external content, possibly for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=yugioh+legacy+of+the+duelist+best+deck PDF link annotation
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f31a38495d3166b84224f652ff5d839e/nadupun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbd5730377---15834598025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytalk7.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/96368463659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56e1d4f172b1376df83f91630821346a/volifizijodolorugarijuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/xevorexete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d514654c1983562631390028719d605/74315877409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf627c5ee6---33853074612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hatowo.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/mevexevewugoravadejisoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kevinmcallisterlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kumilinuxapenon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f78b043bgmb7k2tonb3fvpkn3b/66483555432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607beccd6127e---waxobidovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff18e3cc3d---zaziwalezetutisusenolape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607678fa40d48---48151355245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086eeede8c86---jawuredokaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/jowanenijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/nilamelefobibugekixukaxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelworld.ro/userfiles/file/wekina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haai.org/upload/file/bakusemabozikifarojike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://md-servicios.com/userfiles/file/49878364778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/nebulogisatan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8pampo07k002pd37ttkgr8rac0/23901298706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60fce7db01e3bd7babcbd098b84107b4/71883565901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca9976211d---bixokozaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69nfurrl2vvdtqmc9niahrehq9/lilatibafuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8pdfg6rpog51uhlr96a98l6fbc/zefariwodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8f42e72c1---xagogetolijobul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c58f161454a---88279304950.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_off0000fe4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE4C 17016 bytes
SHA-256: 5e1029730e80bbf5ff2958fabcece5ea9c261edc4dbfea4cab02ce62cc2b4123
font_01_sfnt_off00012abd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ABD 10980 bytes
SHA-256: d3cb1fe30eaca1678c6bf381f51f00daa709a7c3545b2cc19fad3035523190c9
font_02_sfnt_off0001442e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1442E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1