Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6f49d2ac4f2cbd4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 20:04:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c4444cb8d01b7cd3ef112c06d18b70e2 SHA-1: a8606f1d315387c9bcf0568ec56ae56171d9b91a SHA-256: c6f49d2ac4f2cbd4c97d8e5fcfa6f25aed6bfcff317ee57920a956fd69affa1f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. This structure is characteristic of a link farm used to distribute phishing lures or redirect to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukupuleveduboxudimele.pdf
    • http://koronowskasm.pl/file/vilolikalonibufavefex.pdf
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1b5f7d0373513ba4e23684b255c0ef0/xijesovojetamigigotosuve.pdf
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c65a722a4940ed1437de98e0119296c7/87012660382.pdf
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/pojilumupinidor.pdf
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210618131900.pdf
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/908ba130ec2ff3539b983bd2c7fc1e1f/26034251445.pdf
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e09c462dd8---78385546334.pdf
    • https://annekienlen.fr/imagesfile/moxijix.pdf
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b185bb8c4---xupikalolidebuvitav.pdf
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e911eae91---69025623162.pdf
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/078fd9c2a540bfbd2aa6946da8b619e2/48793328682.pdf
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f20453271181d3a60b7b35f9c507887a/gaselafowixilev.pdf
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c0e08c1f3---37929246527.pdf
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/bobelukiruzelijapu.pdf
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/274f4b499b493e8348288db06fe12047/80376074199.pdf
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/773e78f6ce0fddf4a72ef2807032bc6f/9002844794.pdf
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9af1f2dbbf---xopegu.pdf
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3caa89715---kesuwelobibapebugiz.pdf
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/kumugiz.pdf
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20387d7e90---podazujiviv.pdf
    • https://bacninhonline.com/webroot/img/files/jukumalinesokesenuzob.pdf
    • http://jlm-kg.com/uploads/file/danudotonitigesopuri.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=must+and+have+to+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_off0000e85f.bin
d32a3096a1afdcd0cc3bd576df0e21c74ba2ae2a47194aeb1df7ea2034ee6c91
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE85F 18436 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000117df.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117DF 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012ff6.bin
8fe8be81703e56712f5a899e8f49e4a93f500edc1da4111672aa09df959aecaf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FF6 10516 bytes