Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7e48c952faaf48c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 01:54:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c6e5c95b374fdf41ca7ab3e81eb1682c SHA-1: 6ab3d1b1a89a2786bde8f55b5d9f05bab43a1dea SHA-256: b7e48c952faaf48cd5dd57cec73823381588fa3cd74512d77b55baa0429ce30c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and link farm heuristics, indicating its primary purpose is to redirect users to potentially malicious websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs and link farm structure are sufficient indicators of a malicious document.

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=queen+of+the+hearts+full+movie+online
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/40388210926.pdf
    • http://retrofotr.cz/files/file/laxosebokifasebiju.pdf
    • http://rajasthanmetals.com/userfiles/file/40231263009.pdf
    • http://sicompk.com/survey/userfiles/files/5135034400.pdf
    • https://tierlistei.ch/downloads/74943344742.pdf
    • http://tischlerei-schlusche.de/sites/default/files/file/tomaravarotes.pdf
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/memafenevuvitakigo.pdf
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/88298844942.pdf
    • https://ilonew.tasksplan.com/userfiles/files/97602935130.pdf
    • http://hatdesechia.com/storage/ckfinder/files/18759384918.pdf
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/65187182458.pdf
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vutelodojawe.pdf
    • https://alley.52886.tw/uploads/files/41743364336.pdf
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p77apcshpvge2iraiptfom1otn/gabik.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r2ufvcdrhprkm8g9h1u4smb82t/98486721600.pdf
    • https://marmetal.cevhertemizlik.com/userfiles/files/xuxazave.pdf
    • http://czytamzezrozumieniem.pl/userfiles/file/xetamasikomadilorix.pdf
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/vosanobiruferasuluvuzer.pdf
    • https://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/benivetokupune.pdf
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/89553503527.pdf
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aadb9647d9---4482104726.pdf
    • https://copperscrap.wasteequipment.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44472238118.pdf
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7mjh5p26iqlpquf4d020ok1ei9/lagobogomijuwepat.pdf
    • https://akonis.ch/userfiles/files/54331379617.pdf
    • http://ccsup.co.th/uploads/ckfinder/files/diwifefikevetasalotixega.pdf
    • 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_off0000cb34.bin
b7013f96f2a3a8fc90ab38d99d0f92deed9347a10a41a0136336610c7fa22e7e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB34 18400 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb43.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB43 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001135a.bin
b2236f1359f8db5f91c5a5f6b3248645b8bf512ed7f822fdf7fcac0c76c1ac44
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1135A 10704 bytes