Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2c695c89a5a42d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-24 13:16:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 39b1e7dc14b468db9f57a4fd31930ee4 SHA-1: 0a0259c26a22a64b2963c3496dcfbe75104e99d7 SHA-256: b2c695c89a5a42d8339bde6cd13b1c9a37e3283114fea6e63d52b8863a59b651
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple heuristic firings indicating it is a link farm designed to direct users to potentially malicious websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of numerous links, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, points towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://rayer.cn/d/files/70545487200.pdf
    • http://xn--3e0b556bhrbowi6undva.com/ckupload/files/borabufitumalitabebisovaz.pdf
    • https://adium.ru/userfiles/file/7316199607.pdf
    • https://smartech.lv/sites/smartech/uploads/documents/files/27521209031.pdf
    • http://spzpoz-zdunskawola.pl/upload/file/35108123728.pdf
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40c6c336fa2fe8b89869365525f3ef0e/vokug.pdf
    • https://hankilfood.com/upfile/files/56554772857.pdf
    • http://babyshelter.net/assets/upload/files/borisegu.pdf
    • http://sukhonthip.com/file_media/file_image/file/lavubesemopab.pdf
    • https://freshchannels.com/home/sites/freshchannels/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laxediduzifav.pdf
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/rekewakevewaz.pdf
    • http://zsdbiopharm.com/upload/files/sizoxavofuwulorovoxo.pdf
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161451768c0576---bizapu.pdf
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/fadupovak.pdf
    • http://www.nomorcantikjoss.com/file/2128566624.pdf
    • http://swapnakoodu.com/fck_uploads/file/40661783301.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/36146011549.pdf
    • http://krukaiart.com/userfiles/files/7966422729.pdf
    • http://saveursetsavoirs.fr/image/file/26703671598.pdf
    • http://dakdekkersindex.nl/images/uploads/navovasonozejuwa.pdf
    • http://dotbamboo.com/file_media/file_image/file/jusejojun.pdf
    • http://dintainoodle.com/uploads/files/21146200501.pdf
    • http://klawiatury-foliowe.pl/_data/file/8773466719.pdf
    • https://lesrimaudieres.com/images/uploads/file/50024242087.pdf
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ce64637d7---99724093515.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=sync+sms+messages+android
    • 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_off0000b0a1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0A1 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8b8.bin
cd28cef6e6c912519b453368c1c6498a0eae0582a34310cdd4edd71add579359
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8B8 10756 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e135.bin
7139624d95cd58248458132fed6d6797b1ec782a276b1f1037b68e714fbe8a11
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE135 16856 bytes