Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c734ab69014949f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 16:21:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8108d4256be1682c54edf40478698c2e SHA-1: 0d458bf8822ca42e7586458948dbcc622b8a436e SHA-256: c734ab69014949f9a43cb3b2b65622439ba2bf58d9d53bbf71bb76856531a4d2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as containing a link farm and pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV also identified it as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL findings indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://theurbanbazzaar.com/userfiles/file/fedura.pdf
    • http://meyergarden.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jorumebawejupu.pdf
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ximutozafemejo.pdf
    • http://tungalag.mn/userfiles/files/waledolibarozixotifipiti.pdf
    • https://vinocastillo.hu/editor_up/rovegopes.pdf
    • https://igk-lilienthal.de/downloads/wuzijusewejilaj.pdf
    • http://nj-rshb.com/v15/Upload/file/2021912648119915.pdf
    • https://www.weldcor.ca/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/verujaden.pdf
    • http://korvet-sp.ru/userfiles/file/23509732483.pdf
    • http://trumoi-khutrung.com/upload/files/82958170845.pdf
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/lemojatawewexag.pdf
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/vubaxixokijeson.pdf
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131988114321---betol.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b922a74c92---vojekad.pdf
    • http://industrialsupplies.pk/userfiles/files/68937432048.pdf
    • https://xcheck.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/52106406965.pdf
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161301cc88a7ec---kixobogolumojil.pdf
    • https://texigo.tw/upfile/files/2021/09/07/84202514446.pdf
    • https://sweetburden.com/upload/users/files/92302190703.pdf
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613112d98932d---wikeselozixanuxon.pdf
    • https://braintreeclinics.com/app/webroot/img/files/gukixolugakufidivole.pdf
    • https://sitarasign.ir/data/file/foxakejoxobokezoz.pdf
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/70204991373.pdf
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613154382353b---razifokosuvivobewot.pdf
    • http://datcat.vn/2018/file/buzomob.pdf
    • https://trisyscom.com/userfiles/file/89046877673.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=best+keyword+search+tool
    • 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_off0000e318.bin
a5c2d6d4488b5cc85711fe2ba6455c4e7299e32765e159266d0e7be9fc7c2fe1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE318 17332 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010feb.bin
d47a2f85cdaaea528e6e0059ce20f352166feacfd8a05e5d4ac02af0694904c7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FEB 10616 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012885.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12885 16792 bytes