Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4eb75607f791fe8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 01:35:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3de9090699ffacf411a51884d74c7bf5 SHA-1: 62db9aeed52a907f20878cfb52578fcf3b14ba60 SHA-256: c4eb75607f791fe8c2d4abcf77fd4336c8a13c4a14a65c81ebc9f8ea654b5c5b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on various websites. This pattern is commonly used to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially distribute phishing content or further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links and disposable hosting suggests an effort to evade detection and maintain access to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/83652945283.pdf
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/68277161532.pdf
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/bobuvuxiluxike.pdf
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11021246f9---tadebizisamixu.pdf
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aec78c5a3be---judexoxakomiguzu.pdf
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6724f84459aeeb218fbb3ddc0dc37bae/wenexepuponufasulilexida.pdf
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/jekaz.pdf
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/kepagewuwinevifugimagi.pdf
    • http://gustosandvic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59092618063.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a25f0159e---5201575132.pdf
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070657e3de76---pigase.pdf
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rpugs1oe1oqv5rirr06n81rme/velosorimuxodotomesak.pdf
    • https://dolmalatrek.com/userfiles/file/2225071351.pdf
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/31406693600.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b453f6d2d7e---pukivotogakuz.pdf
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8hh3h8bcnq76bti2d1bu7c4e8c/81869778280.pdf
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/fifulabalapikoj.pdf
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/womasep.pdf
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dn7vugf64nr76bl4dc0f7t283j/wazurawilewutum.pdf
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da8cbc68375---jatunalopipo.pdf
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/zujej.pdf
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab4695be3e886af9a3a42e6b60777273/gomuwofugin.pdf
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/roxoguf.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=thoptv+apk+download+latest+version+2021
    • 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_off0000f09c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF09C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000108b3.bin
6f7ef41106ffbbe89940e98021bd5e146ee72202bf48a908e0d6957ecf544b78
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B3 10988 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001224c.bin
59694f633dc80557e93d225968e67a19a9b037ee83ac20de292a4da731bfefb8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1224C 17336 bytes