Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c617ccfe236ef662…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-07-15 20:37:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 033210fc52907fbb057e1874a2e4274d SHA-1: 77f391b725ecc7e46e6b7b266b38ad066c29074c SHA-256: c617ccfe236ef66260e188948a98f788dcaf2fbb807235fd11477edfafdb1bdc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=29.5+divided+by+2', are likely used to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=29.5+divided+by+2
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a506b9618---batuzutefizitomezufefa.pdf
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8f60f16cf5d9c8b42bd086f955f58d7/muxuzalagajafiwoz.pdf
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc6f8a3db22---gitediramevegi.pdf
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/juwuwezazotekef.pdf
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbed505cfb1---sewibiriz.pdf
    • https://searchlink.org/userfiles//file/lakixowujoziwuzem.pdf
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stdlj1p8q9sbirg84a01eg8jv7/gevomet.pdf
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/51884223882.pdf
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769568a6f87---bilakunim.pdf
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d862765ee3e---65173377983.pdf
    • https://journeywithmypet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nibodowej.pdf
    • https://tarzminder.com/resimler/files/kulitozalazaxemakuvutanu.pdf
    • https://songhong.info/userfiles/file/71645212602.pdf
    • http://unibeauty.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zofujujun.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cca7b98ecc2---xugasepoduzefimibi.pdf
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/fojulikomef.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830dc193303---rusega.pdf
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ba47294e05063cc8e12c531c255a975/lagabetazasi.pdf
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/kivez.pdf
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/safapolegobudivarelasixe.pdf
    • https://digireg.nz/upload/63118530061.pdf
    • https://siam-royal-view.ru/data/files/wawebumoluvuk.pdf
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607995bcbc477---78985599189.pdf
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1622230560.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_off000115e6.bin
8632c9e1517a28a3449261b58639560b29412145c29809f5f4186d672f81e7e8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115E6 10156 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012cc8.bin
010ff38f8d3fa98949c65d46d21283d920f7b4851077992d3750f4e4191be35a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CC8 17368 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015a75.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A75 16792 bytes