Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2dc00442c23b297…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 13:15:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e1ec3d0ed99ec217f23da504cec56348 SHA-1: a516b8679dec1c81212cd3a3a6d1e95003ab083d SHA-256: b2dc00442c23b297036c2e5aed7d04401a96a034ef51de52c5eb2767720ed13b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of 'utm_term' in URLs suggests a tracking mechanism for phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=xhamster+premium+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613502b627ff6---57242464949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/warexipanawaxuxetaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noticky.net/akce/fotky/file/kefizenelamowedoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/files/47340516245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d10b3bdaf---sobotawofoxigavinanir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perevodvnegiloifond.ru/pict/file/46518012345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d9ab69897---79296532505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krygina40.ru/UserFiles/File/66515639086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinkler.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84626854504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vongtaytramhuong.vn/upload/files/korovowuzubigavumitasigef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138efb03c085---76577944471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a3d158bf8f---wonakapanovufizadip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/358fc03e1afc4eb7a1ec4fd63afc470b/85144208139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restauraceeverest.cz/userfiles/file/nopabapopataxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolyclinic.com/file/files/58882290281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buffinvestment.com/upload/ckfinder/files/57959274903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ensky-chemical.com/upload/files/46736776629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336afaee0ff---53470358970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/82056518735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirkrupskimlyn.pl/img/upload/files/86919110095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/fosimovidegulisavagade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/wifurojuwupiwowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhquoc.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63167996931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaparatt.com/images/File/84407128230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/41084740598.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_off0000daa0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA0 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 1a853b020608df3ef3e0a01689550ccee4a5d6c9bb96b77213ac3ce02cc6a0aa
font_01_sfnt_off0000f24e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF24E 17820 bytes
SHA-256: 0a7101c294b2c077532996e9d6e38e70c591639df1411122438128baf7101067
font_02_sfnt_off00012097.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12097 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1