Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d135acf32de76bae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 10:36:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7b2c9e1a7bce0fcfd5583f6ff41c5f5b SHA-1: 9f58506601e1d9016626f0240ca4c78390ca729c SHA-256: d135acf32de76baeade5d97a3250f60087f6cbb3a840b5e3a70b43ad9e495c54
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of numerous links and the use of disposable hosting suggest an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination or to distribute malicious content through various compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nosopisewuretumijijik.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jandebruijn.com/uploadimages/files/xabukazora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adf3d017dce4fc8c844b944a6dd49518/37524256493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c0fbbb3c40a5ad0c01ec74badf2d010/30847081298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d67665181d0---getujupebagumimifuzar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://griswoldremgmt.com/uploads/files/tovivobej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e50cd81bd8e19f5fbc0dfde4e71a3c9/nanoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eg9rek53e8g81peeme87vppb4q/44281408292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b12632abbd3---10400591456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/gejamew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propiedades.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51662601729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9397d6ab04---ruxijob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/971e42abe5ff4a68060e1fa3df87112a/69493075429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k95n73s8ffckccgbpfcisq3185/doruzonifumipesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dientrotiendathc.com/media/ftp/file/dugunaroriwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd8bb5ab88367aaef9281790925f037d/23433166099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa714165a4---jedutagedoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160badd7488604---27190404036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/vukabapov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/50913432148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c103563ed---dirobapexadojasavapexopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/fokitigur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honyi.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/file/tokoruteval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=croods+new+age+free+onlinePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000cb38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB38 17868 bytes
SHA-256: a9404cd63cc18cc839f205b06e3d573f142d1d4f6a3e524cebbfa6eabafc5770
font_01_sfnt_off0000f937.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF937 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 72eb669e2ebdc8b2fc8b5b01fd035036cb975c427f7134eaca16c483ad241723
font_02_sfnt_off00011136.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11136 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1