Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b461993f7259905e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-13 07:02:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 01ea635ff477c644a526e8841c3e1a74 SHA-1: e403b96fd14f2a8f8a985e1e67d5243efe1961b9 SHA-256: b461993f7259905e37614671bb7250ddff80f622c22b278e2d824bab7a0cf497
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with techniques used to facilitate initial access via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://yotlist.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/junubenotodumugudamifano.pdf
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/93910286570.pdf
    • http://dh-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46802785161.pdf
    • http://eatoceanic.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/xufowofadogizilalu.pdf
    • https://zenithservicos.com/userfiles/files/56673581377.pdf
    • http://gaestehaus-am-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/semadewejafukulalusidex.pdf
    • http://analhospital.net/file/files/91299439859.pdf
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/zinibivogojapelosisera.pdf
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/60510087616.pdf
    • http://elskenecologie.nl/files/moguzujavanive.pdf
    • https://trungtammatnamviet.vn/upload/files/sukofusiwotuxawe.pdf
    • http://hajnysport.cz/FCK_userfiles/file/17888506382.pdf
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ed5dbf87e---40450383241.pdf
    • https://jatransfer.com/userfiles/file/nibemuselunutoxo.pdf
    • https://weishinclinic.com/uploads/files/202109111618445706.pdf
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76730256082.pdf
    • http://fgosvo.ru/files/files/zugasuvewijudo.pdf
    • http://ad.ditroinfotech.com/laportal/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/kololibotalufubidexutuxar.pdf
    • http://shepardinteriordesign.com/rw/upload/file/21279836161.pdf
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b629291cf6---tazolixitefi.pdf
    • https://stl-log.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/65067080081.pdf
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/70443165640.pdf
    • https://totalsewa.com/userfiles/file/lenadurib.pdf
    • https://5703n1n6999-6a55.com/contents/files/werexusuro.pdf
    • https://portugaliaimagyarok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39248936377.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd44c8da9f6e5aa5a1a8105da5679f1b/13822881984.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=admob+interstitial+implementation
    • 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_off0000d863.bin
4430273fb6864c2530f16536d4e711e2e2b7de6d49cc538e7a48b2f44c63c570
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD863 10676 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f099.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF099 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000108ab.bin
f222e07b65e7e433af707b1abc6e59168d325e441447be091ab92cf511ac1482
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108AB 17588 bytes