Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd550a493048e4d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 18:48:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 13a4ce37289edf1fcdc961ca86e72ba4 SHA-1: 27b0bd8e03905c29bbb3a6d7cb0be5eaf75a5c96 SHA-256: bd550a493048e4d13105a07e30e5c183f1754d83c50e3e0ace2ce3257857dae0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Numerous heuristics indicate the PDF functions as a link farm, directing users to various external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The embedded URLs, such as https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=subway+surfers+hack+2017+download, suggest a lure related to game hacks, likely to facilitate phishing or malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=subway+surfers+hack+2017+download PDF link annotation
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-8/20210508173529623342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae05d14d0da---27081074452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytovietnam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27496067808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a74aff6b802---32335447888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/sewotodanesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b784a4d32e9---96357753905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5185f4aaa22c27aca6beb83317cb4359/minerofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capecoralliving.com/media/file/17561759352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iosu5s4oq6vsjrdpkk828gi6v0/rorozimoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081cf7299fd7---duvosuzegavimumisiridukiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7n7pgmaasubt5c8pu528f327u6/sigufunapurizikunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/fuxumesedukoxuvedejes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamessham.com/admin/usercontent/file/30326633349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dgkp9qq0ca4fgh0mbd472a89j/ratiwunikumexoxosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd74f152bf3bf920ebafeb9128eaafb1/10278045351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34b9c5adfac74fcd917ee86a8a38349f/tawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/340a592a68db32fb2a55a6d0c82dbf85/50642545983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b02ed5a36---regugonemilutinodoriwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kkk8kpctv5v9q91h30ais5gni6/zijepemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbead020e7---sodaponalefami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bendhigh1970.com/clients/1/10/106e6567aa8bd3cecf4080670b11bd10/File/mujux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/658648cb5a0c27b1a76feadf2c476599/45400680585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simon-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87060484710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwninemile.com/uploads/files/banafobudosurupix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc494a467e---11254367852.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f674.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF674 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E86 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 44ea3a1ccd05fb46e756b03ca3f395fb1575ab26b3caa922c4ec79f1f2535a9c
font_02_sfnt_off00013bda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BDA 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
font_03_sfnt_off00015120.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15120 11332 bytes
SHA-256: f5bd006a0e0b87f951a7b5bbf8e380b154284aff34b87877703963a6979b6ddb