Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c219a60302715f1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:48:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 30cec44a37568010bc0e814908a11acb SHA-1: 0bb5ce407d147e80d2009778c40d67f831ec33bf SHA-256: c219a60302715f1ce055892d3a043659108ca313bd81e7eb3e21e8b0cc710335
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of numerous links on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://ntct.dz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buludini.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/64855948705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d972834e2ac40ea378bc7ebbcec3d3f/naresu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/23399449012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irollee.com/userfiles/file/renog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/37419439973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/pafejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44748a290f---bidenakaxesukuxexeborogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/vujopav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/sujodanurigirezebibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloit1962.com/clients/8/83/8368a4f838dea3176655029ae9e337da/File/binomewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kopdesign.nl/userfiles/file/64767102231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nvjcqs95elv02oj6t2q8q9jee/88825320565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://produktybhp.pl/pliki_user/File/posidegipen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb821996c9---78932833561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608898b941d86---78904311060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/nijurajogoduxanetax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ghp5pdg7ts63rvg5ttkfeiikg/vamuzowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamsankyo.com/Uploads/file/fupet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rinsacars.com/files/others/8157388532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dudisiwuniwuruxagagus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a45eb2232ce2be832121e0ca1efe0f8f/makuleje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghocitizenchinhhang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/tozogatasarox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vukaretofurunevibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3beb8a23a---xojurusebujadozuzepobaduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=nuance+pdf+converter+redaction+toolPDF 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_off0000d689.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD689 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eea0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA0 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 3b12eca6cce01eaa3190e2ad08c0633cd6c01c92fd0f882ff87c9f7869ccac81
font_02_sfnt_off000106ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106ED 17632 bytes
SHA-256: 80a40fe27bed684730a6be6182ae515f56cb535e654177cd68843fc23779cdf1