Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c74a2d184b1dd811…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 23:05:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a7adec7de72fe79c9a37a10506b710f2 SHA-1: 59c4e9663ed85231eee1ae61a1b1d3eb2e5670cd SHA-256: c74a2d184b1dd81104c393b50ee036fc4f96f23c2d435534c89f00d33e399a94
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and other domains. These links are likely intended to trick users into downloading further malicious content, such as the PDF detected by ClamAV. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://limeitec.com/upfiles/editor/files/bebofuriguxepo.pdf
    • http://deleeuwputten.nl/site/data/ws/files/28168611663.pdf
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bac748e360---63621236394.pdf
    • http://sumisaedu.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_7ED114D8C57F8154.pdf
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/milivitizirewunib.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140fbac6e840---jojitivojifuv.pdf
    • https://bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jilelomebezut.pdf
    • https://portofcrotone.com/dati/upload/file/31513342835.pdf
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133cc19c3008---95832286648.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/tutorig.pdf
    • https://thebillionbottom.com/business_school/uploads/file/dujevewewanuxelerubeji.pdf
    • http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/rokewaxabiki.pdf
    • https://tekartltd.com/upload/files/pofez.pdf
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/kubekezozon.pdf
    • http://gwtcs.org/Content/uploads/files/10101607198.pdf
    • https://vieclamday.com/userfiles/file/75498813110.pdf
    • http://pscworld.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nasomulodogewixaxaniji.pdf
    • http://biznesfishki.ru/files/userfiles/files/50270577947.pdf
    • http://teamwork-poetschke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kezepu.pdf
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efffd010a9---799276461.pdf
    • http://densayhongngoai.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vigimelapupegul.pdf
    • http://logicparcel.net/uploadsEditorfile/webomolujameramopomuse.pdf
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f53d8255e1afaea21432e4f10d3f2fd4/73422131549.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=famous+five+series+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_off0000d6e8.bin
87134122ecb0c699bdeae263637e820d384d10288734b7643a603f5f2bc9e82d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6E8 10552 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eeff.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEFF 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010711.bin
22de0d9e146110339896b1c5ae5edf132b7bd95c36450f249b1c8421b9052f68
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10711 19604 bytes