Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c629e5d2b908e6dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 13:55:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 86545c4e4a4342158db135297766d273 SHA-1: ae530aa83c1c322c18b1b97e3344bb94b8944b71 SHA-256: c629e5d2b908e6dcbb78133a3a9f4ecd5b0984d23a2b55ec49f1330ea46c0a34
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters suggests SEO manipulation or tracking. ClamAV detected this file as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95', and the ML classifier also flagged it as malicious. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or SEO spam campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9786

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://dkyangmei.com/uploadfile/file/2021062814123873499.pdf
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848fecaef21---45762018909.pdf
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/50981696477.pdf
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcedca9a4c7ebb8a0a8ce9db9756551e/bokakarumirumufariro.pdf
    • http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210522075732.pdf
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca5cd4ff369522a60e8f5e4e1ab16151/fivuvi.pdf
    • http://burattinojatek.hu/userfiles/file/79229033988.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a28cefe380b3b62f1833a5d982a7cc66/nanuraz.pdf
    • http://renovator.cz/files/file/83482175687.pdf
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdaf51b5c83---78508773259.pdf
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a83860da19---46946024699.pdf
    • http://cpgny.com/userfiles/files/38157431214.pdf
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9b123bef8---lafelafosibaxijib.pdf
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b5e40663c---kuridiwolilipila.pdf
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/kekavufuwipije.pdf
    • https://svetplus.com/userfiles/files/84498927695.pdf
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehbksfasfga2251nak4see8o14/bozipulisawigagofavulor.pdf
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/38763373612.pdf
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/baseramorosaluraje.pdf
    • https://progin.swiss/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29783898130.pdf
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aebce8529b4---45869666746.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcb0f47f3b97ad7620a63e19d724bbfc/60321991564.pdf
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd721c9a396---84381488067.pdf
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af818fd2a7c---77801426758.pdf
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb71d814a20d72c1ef4c21ab4cca436c/4793389713.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ffb2724ad8d4e392e85888d2608f668/17303616175.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=compare+and+contrast+movie+and+book+essay+template
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f872.bin
24e35bb7714203b0f3d8c6fe18739f93cc904d0a330b2914e7f3ed64728709bb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF872 17672 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000126d7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013ee8.bin
9f9c9255c0426c77c5b13ef22f4242f4f7095bfd8ba808a20cf1712cd58ffb40
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EE8 16236 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00015483.bin
2cbea1b883617acb64b031b38552664721dcb6436aee197a178f82068fabcca1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15483 11120 bytes