Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c137d95360166b4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-06 02:00:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 340348b09cdcc86e59774b820ceafa44 SHA-1: 6c936695f0db21cae1361594b057f0e5683c0cd3 SHA-256: c137d95360166b4fddad859e533c2c6623bfb27b265abe3bcadf955d4fb83c27
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the true destination and potentially leverage SEO for distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://hgb.se/filer/file/vudizenotexisalexezugibe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mlight.cz/archiv/file/6915282862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/fisofumiramowotugukipomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/58986993168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/85423289765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/76660277820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21f6df27a3---fudidetoxubajujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1f4e19382f---wepukikunomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonsaokhue.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/44547195604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d5fe6e45c---tiwewabuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p99.tw/pro_pic/files/66437962784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44dec9a7fa6dce7a75abc3949c7cd145/guvusulinon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sylvianapoles.com/clients/e/e6/e63d90d46a840f0b3195f531cec11f6e/File/14982905543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longhornrings.com/clients/0/08/08da48574b41509ac7bedcf2500dc652/File/61579000339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c474c7dd109c07948c0e821f5fc6f8e9/nibumawamoweguka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lucky-erotic-massage-bucharest.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3168627555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a09a43e9b3b7a799f7d18c606e9b5e53/20101760056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16uu6rf4lrha5of9c0hs0mdsf4/49257510166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a768c68c2---65938750187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianotuningdarwin.com/userfiles/files/gokositukajireligomowuwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4215179181---kipunan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dk96g60kcju7p3ot3jkjcifed0/pamumomesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3df2c8570361487b1ff8e8a254d9fb16/tobivajonowolusanurikuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/tukodebolajulusupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ca5200392---63837832222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+free+coins+on+avakin+life+2019PDF link annotation
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f697.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF697 17656 bytes
SHA-256: ebc6963021f5e95fb648ede76c5dd826a44443684e720914104287504a5affd8
font_01_sfnt_off00012546.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12546 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D5D 11208 bytes
SHA-256: ae3dca78e95b347d1fb9f0adc395ec7e6059c0cc5387f1a14596186caae504f3