Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c259b8a68208c416…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-26 10:35:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 92660212531f4c3d0b400484521a6a5d SHA-1: 18e3b3e4c0a5c2e6b90e7ae71b4c91a618fdd8f7 SHA-256: c259b8a68208c4164678652b3d59a59cf052271c89446009abd5e31074f2cae9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple suspicious URLs points to a watering hole or phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chrome+tv+browser+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://specialgarden.ro/userfiles/file/bujitokewupoferusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614076e38d44f---xedewomel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doctour.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33441651122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccaquebec.com/userupload/files/20388307536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6081aa5a190dc72870e512563b149862/wekewoxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmondo.com/userData/board/file/38893368303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents/files/paxobikedut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong-thudo.com/img/files/pumutarasuvejaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f8078d059---zetodefof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wildnaturetravel.com/File/50597851143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markyatirim.com/resimler/files/2254777823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--54-dlcdkamdj4btild5b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/domitegelofipokodudisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3a50a15c1---99241273012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147dee0c2adc---wekexamorojisotarosanol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letsfinal.com/userfiles/file/gabiteguvavodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanart21.com/files/userfiles/file/sawujuxizopavixenadufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ulsantour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210920_B0EAFF0E0AB7A62B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanmih.com/userfiles/file/20210915172139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/dezopowupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clic-essc.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68169011871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalping.ir/data/files/file/81618147515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafichesirio.com/userfiles/files/56946650703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alothongtin.com/upload/FCK/file/87022294991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b100.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB100 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c912.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC912 15436 bytes
SHA-256: 40819b604ae6d908371520151de46b6f7802a577070527bc4656d17700b85f06
font_02_sfnt_off0000f051.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF051 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 47dc1a9fb783609376b466cbb6cfd6a97ce7e58fa36e8a76f4629ce030fc04f9

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