Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c84b0f6e121be9f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 19:09:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 59040f4a22680b42ea900374bffbe474 SHA-1: ea06390a150c5231a4f333aa4e06e1c04d6c8b6b SHA-256: c84b0f6e121be9f833d40b6f1ab261fa66b0638e8a49baf19d53df6141a7ec45
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating a high probability of maliciousness. The heuristics indicate the PDF functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to distribute phishing content or download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kitten+workers+cookie+clicker PDF link annotation
    • http://balmybnb.com/t/tutorfirm/uploads/ck/files/lubamulowodirug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofupingame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/31564054862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secoinblock.com/upload/files/bupopowadelavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsjxh.org/filespath/files/20210914053750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daejonggyoyc.com/userfiles/file/20210914125006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assytekservizi.com/userfiles/files/kalofopoxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/41721308114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroquimicadistribucion.com/zabaleta/data/imagenes_contenidos/file/kifazijubibutulumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/burop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614163e819354---59963297828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161363e1d67bd6---38620180957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351b4e81b89---genizolub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahuacoop.com/cms_gpadmin2015/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/xirozuxifibusulobowugefan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micsys.in/userfiles/file/sevatosuxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrobreaker.com/files/files/donaxoworaxinegobakixix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26785075488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietdubai.com/userfiles/file/14120254076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfrostov.ru/upload/files/depavikofeliramotogafun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c26afe42bb---rafirapadizugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyswimpool.com/userfiles/xilisosufutovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136fd93e57a6---97598596693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criminisiepartners.it/userfiles/files/72934984592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613853eab0244---49026349225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolution-dev.com/file_media/file_image/file/kubodepili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/suferinevolif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/milukakederusuxenumumod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41134003441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c237.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC237 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA49 17000 bytes
SHA-256: 0c59b9c70de9699237d3ccbb2b89642a961c05028f64e300d6a1069b9596f585
font_02_sfnt_off00010649.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10649 10232 bytes
SHA-256: 837aae786544539b4b9a86eff616e2f75b3e749eed04df33192391c5a36ae50b