Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c034160ea6fc3423…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 02:48:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9caf2788e6b34c9dd504f9338ca5d9c4 SHA-1: 2ccb6cbec1932fb7b67929a1bf5b44ff68056e7f SHA-256: c034160ea6fc3423872fec4bc9049badcabe597568c4684da6aaba9e03f59be7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other disposable domains. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics suggests the document is designed to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+secret+society+of+second+born+royals+watch+online
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c719f486e32---4847447631.pdf
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/691ahi7dpii1q83cqo9lemo2r4/baliwozudatupizosineru.pdf
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68f7c85f8b3ca98349e29c64ba138e8f/zefotot.pdf
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9sfg94urhkmfjtc8o6078o57eo/86514427205.pdf
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d9060740a---98428655320.pdf
    • http://kelvista.lt/images/files/33493152799.pdf
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d396786ee---31338724343.pdf
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jncmc1dd1e5devn8uch483ik4c/vijatovokiloziraxobaw.pdf
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c83904e4fd---28045396122.pdf
    • http://dejede.com/userfiles/file/nofiripatirimej.pdf
    • http://lyonsmcafeereunion.com/clients/a/ab/ab8eb7fa8d7cf94b91f67e7e346c80ed/File/22144835431.pdf
    • http://csc0351.com/userfiles/file/20210624044528_07ggte.pdf
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c742f671fd---75029556089.pdf
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7275fac459a442be175f069d38d56173/76273437519.pdf
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/dinig.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b990ca686---pelimifotikinigitulogado.pdf
    • https://watertorens.nl/userfiles/file/95362840601.pdf
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfc2fdd404---torekoruj.pdf
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69ddb0ca7a7793d75f89e584fc50fd7b/jutul.pdf
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/gavelodupatop.pdf
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30b0468f85---kegojuwujezowedefu.pdf
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbb7cb25ae9---zofanixejujepufuro.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59495321a960c477d998af1db12008d1/pututuvokizegakabepupap.pdf
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/lokobixut.pdf
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acea79aeb6---68926469328.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_off0000f8a4.bin
7193397ecb995aee163b562bdfe7e9320022224e21e6d25e44cc3b900a0e4249
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A4 18304 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000128d2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128D2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000140e9.bin
cac340e8f09e3a3d8f57374208765e155a2635161cb10cc14df598ba0bfca3f6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140E9 10876 bytes