Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c053f08187f3fefc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-08-23 12:28:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 025bd8f8071237e3569525a01ef7ed64 SHA-1: 474ff338213c64ebe38fcc75b828b968bd31e820 SHA-256: c053f08187f3fefc4e4a5764e9fc7d1b602bd4bfb694fb0beed439e151bb4548
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The PDF's structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites, aligning with spearphishing attachment tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=zl1+convertible+for+sale
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/vitezinunakutinuvoxeg.pdf
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puzikejanixa.pdf
    • http://teresachild.com/upload/files/21602606092.pdf
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/dufifosegizobulapasaruxu.pdf
    • http://logansport1971.com/clients/4/42/424235dfd0fdcd2d3cc2afd1e16bb83e/File/93405890325.pdf
    • https://habibitours.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39129483709.pdf
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shd3kd1a0c2j6u6r7ah15f2n2v/38224747274.pdf
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6htsntuhhe17bq3u6bkiopll5p/vofavinefasabemivufevorik.pdf
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/buputasujemalegaporog.pdf
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/87674635215.pdf
    • https://bosgo.mn/uploads/files/fogubefeve.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbbaa5a521---12083000599.pdf
    • http://darienhigh70.com/clients/878490/File/kisolop.pdf
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/kopawem.pdf
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/14193148808.pdf
    • http://sowa-architekci.pl/userfiles/files/nemivekupuku.pdf
    • http://guidesdugrandlarge.fr/images/import/file/fuwomutopaw.pdf
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74834e7627921ee99bfbb57c2b35d488/puwosejidilewiraj.pdf
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4c6db4c7b---51255326573.pdf
    • https://www.weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiwolobatifovalexowaliroj.pdf
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/vugojebinoku.pdf
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085eacab1293---59433792679.pdf
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083843562741---85635742433.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_off0000d1ce.bin
269355010ba4d5882c045fb1ea680459e91d8bb0b855401139197b080d28ed9a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1CE 10548 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea1d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA1D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001022f.bin
d05470ea5e6a0c711837d6220fdd6fa7d9453d72bddc9895e4770d538397edf8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1022F 16944 bytes