Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c184daef07a5a2ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-09 08:51:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4291732a5b2b28ab26848b95237460b7 SHA-1: 3e8c830047de38cae5d41a60dcb2e8f82d03f532 SHA-256: c184daef07a5a2ee2b55fd04abdb2d7199aa99a2cd41100639aa7d411b24f436
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for distributing further malware or conducting phishing. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious documents designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210513050739_296186275.pdf
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tv7pon3r52oiogohkie57pdm60/53667681399.pdf
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/07/03/file/20210703_080225_164.pdf
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ihe010bu8gc3um92beo4l05rf5/46045128170.pdf
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/98595642657.pdf
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1d9153de9---71747075420.pdf
    • https://777mto.com/contents//files/zasiba.pdf
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/65763949391.pdf
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/xapemififegipumimave.pdf
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/839609552d042cd42e00bcdf0a01567a/nigasosepemesawitiwal.pdf
    • http://wccflooring.com/userfiles/files/refexoromut.pdf
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/94959952998.pdf
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r1iqt5t35hsuo558irdi3ftei8/65902007207.pdf
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895cf6d930a---kemogitefodiniwusadirolu.pdf
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b07575e190---xatogibaborigab.pdf
    • http://shsclassof1959.com/clients/a/a7/a7a82b2a6025f7fafce5d77be70bf845/File/puwilawag.pdf
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cce3387c5---tivawujelatupopemobotoruj.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6700edf53c---73403089218.pdf
    • http://cymrozgreatdanes.com/clients/1/1a/1a407d8ccac5525c71aaafb6b4664123/File/89846714511.pdf
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/tolubakoguso.pdf
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8241884c83af0658838e20138749eecd/basoralivuludonorexune.pdf
    • http://50wj66.com/clients/a/af/af9d65f11c1965a5434adcd4cd578f00/File/dudusa.pdf
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/76471369733.pdf
    • http://arlingtonhigh1961.com/clients/e/ef/ef36f0800c0a5d5a0b00d5ecc8c3c6da/File/gupabosavuk.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=building+resilience+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_off0000ebbb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBBB 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103d2.bin
419871debd846122f24462fbaf8bfa051cbe9482e627e7148f21494660388e92
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D2 10568 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011bc0.bin
96c86601e8d6398fef8333e1da3e6aa90b4654fb37164a7c770a291f5fceead0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC0 16280 bytes