Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c675a2f1c5f12db4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:04:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bd755db81619e9ba229efd83ccdec27a SHA-1: e34a388ea225ae63506845991d668859d17ca770 SHA-256: c675a2f1c5f12db4afe314e3c84eb5db238e2b42ac755465cd396f3c898e5468
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites, many of which host further PDF documents. This behavior is indicative of a phishing or redirection campaign, likely intended to lead users to malicious content or exploit kits. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://malabarmail.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29977453559.pdf
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f242c8f5b2bf2dbd3d019e847a0207e2/65087247387.pdf
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecbc3860f15a8e5b909347e02d41e01a/sakodetumufujebojanoloxo.pdf
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900d5d6d7d0---91295849746.pdf
    • http://wellnesszeewolde.nl/site/data/ws/files/tejedimiz.pdf
    • https://webtechnocrats.com/upload/file/91166956243.pdf
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd83d6ce51---7257943314.pdf
    • http://seigyobannkaigaikikaku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jipewaxuxu.pdf
    • http://premsaktidal.in/userfiles/file/jejeke.pdf
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaxutiruwuviwenumalobipar.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608140fb6643d---tiruk.pdf
    • http://kompletucetnictvi.cz/files/file/gadipipazoru.pdf
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/95773007819.pdf
    • http://linkipt.com/_UploadEditor/files/tubobutokodid.pdf
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/jawelafuliximifuvubajozez.pdf
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/61761036430.pdf
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/zuromipebaramudewosavuv.pdf
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c90e84ad49---dilazotafupilemilewojedu.pdf
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef6542be61b6a5d41af93df1f7f4b276/31570223256.pdf
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/woluguko.pdf
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/67180490350.pdf
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/36768880202.pdf
    • http://penzionklara.cz/userfiles/file/71691761711.pdf
    • https://personnelcle.com/userfiles/file/kojebivadilijodino.pdf
    • https://laurallo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97496272215.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+tp+all+players+in+minecraft
    • 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_off0000e6b0.bin
59694a5b466ac08fd34d49bc93bd4f8307d8c14ce60f44e893ae254909998d3f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B0 10832 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffbf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFBF 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000117d1.bin
5d308b3729e3c95d325aa2ebb3d372c1bb4295fc839db2e071c2b5a3b84c71f1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117D1 17340 bytes