Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b377eca3e41ec401…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:35:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c88ec863a0ec5b143cae72ac429851a4 SHA-1: 011fc2de4e8f3cf1ffb473fda582430c458de3d7 SHA-256: b377eca3e41ec401a6f8aaa07a460bc0f019d18aedf615c99ed8ab230a2887ee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to a variety of domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or trojan delivery. The heuristic firings suggest the document functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=themes+of+afro+asian+literature PDF link annotation
    • http://gioiacompany.net/images/upload/file/98252948123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medob.org/SITE/files/editor/file/wulavexubasodixifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/xutonanebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/dedolefunipigewumusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozhelalikram.de/resimler/files/mibet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613041becbadb---moxexuluvafefomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7db547bd2---vurazinedavifezupaporag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/37220037387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8g689vqbvcq75bcj23kk8547gv/nopisisufopanerababu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59bf9b70e8---37423311311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/84190735642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://branonperformance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68635711980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b36ce7ccc7f---97901290735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhs-carpediem.com/clients/46367/File/jilivonuxesiziwijuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong.info/userfiles/file/reruxixin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e89995f34d2d72706e4e0365903136b/22819291053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/14852596362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c18ca082930902b395f404713ee1572/sovewugov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funbugs.ie/userfiles/file/63340639223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/dopemaxutafosijut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ftgbq18rg9ake1f5ntgd5djt2/75347784527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aznamaste.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96255212222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/um5l8ku3tj6omqhs28qtsl68qm/26040015984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/kerudupikilisulavilag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a528184f0f---67220571337.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_off0000de1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE1D 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 0253606a46bacfdf9a58a710ee07840bf972b51f189130121118d0b5dd086c99
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E0B 17844 bytes
SHA-256: 27cd67de8b1dd6763b8c7bb5461a2cd26dc12ed4e4c01a3be1f11e7acde04b41