Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0170cdff87ddea2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 01:45:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7197cf709510aef94d44755fce0d7604 SHA-1: f1bd2c23ed8175e0e4bc6f30c6d2da7b19b54458 SHA-256: d0170cdff87ddea2f7309b1b595e1f34040660e95f51d7737a0f7f4bc2b88777
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs hosted on various domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The primary goal seems to be directing users to download further malicious content from these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79457129677.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780437dc66f---rezewiwuzagatesipalixola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctsgroups.asia/images/file/mufebeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076211462873---parugesawupagotimemape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68estpcjbbnubb9gomkotpn49s/zetebawulene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db32cc9d983f2cb2996a26b9b625ad06/46875995000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topas.lt/userfiles/file/57250484470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18e0895a11a8fd7a02b4440cd82db114/sogajojerulopivumeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f6b8a161f---duludavugigimemiwegeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7qn2g453m2mbo2o40tn9bju9o7/fafilisax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f418e6c0e4109d594e1f5a478a5055c3/fekosupilagaloxuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hu7b920sqdoj7q0o5oa4445sfi/63553552667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5eik9pcj93mlos0gt4mgib5m0/lujoraxopitexanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnmrobotics.com/files/files/dukop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whsclass1968.com/clients/f/f8/f849445bb2fb8f42e7c863050dc1ba38/File/dulokow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/81663944165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4aeb59c59---piketemefugevepamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/gegosebufezabaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dtechgroup.com/uploads/image/files/62583593903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c189d00592---litadurakojatafuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857af9ae8bf---10180258082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpu-beratung-brendle.de/userfiles/file/xexuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/lubopolusugur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=define+anecdotal+observationPDF link annotation
    • http://pro.ovh.net/~tribuene/images/banque/file/witiresiwoworiwopebufef.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_off00010be3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000123fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123FA 10676 bytes
SHA-256: a6635896e30bd5efbd50924e810afe7a4ac7d2a766553a6e15a04a8e8fe7532c
font_02_sfnt_off00013c92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C92 18816 bytes
SHA-256: 99a507a654fa4138255395c8ff6548c0e82befac3e34ac2852d80f19a4aa0f85