Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d174673d68d7ab28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 10:34:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: afb63489ec01522893e9a9ebb0b19110 SHA-1: fde21f18ab2dfda05c3cdc2b968a92f9cb765317 SHA-256: d174673d68d7ab28d051386f38cd390d91b400d404352319929ae1941b3a79d1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to unknown files on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs and the nature of the links suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine results or lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359cf491cc8---4576309795.pdf
    • http://barahi.com/assets/userfiles/files/31507857878.pdf
    • http://zakuskymoser.cz/www/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bosugizetopegawifefiraj.pdf
    • http://vncdata.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/69607387330.pdf
    • https://alharithiforcameras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rasedanozivozasomipojus.pdf
    • http://showpelec.com/data/file/20210916_012314_524.pdf
    • http://gamebonda.com/ckupload/files/13260800093.pdf
    • http://vodova51-53.cz/files/dogoduwupufugo.pdf
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/vupikelazolejefuzopit.pdf
    • https://adamant54.ru/userfiles/files/laxakebanopidazubisupet.pdf
    • http://belly.bpv.su/content/files/files/3211018964.pdf
    • http://xatrbio.com/userfiles/file/50866337773.pdf
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/dupasigizox.pdf
    • http://acrclubinversores.com/files/galeria/files/nozesumob.pdf
    • http://yanartextil.com/firma/files/jomaduzatem.pdf
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/87872169950.pdf
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/85479477274.pdf
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/webasidebodimaboda.pdf
    • http://eptesteplelek.com/uploads/file/6591021352.pdf
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f67c189491---54543218387.pdf
    • http://ranfeng.com/userfiles/file/2021-9///20219132137184266.pdf
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1ed4b4415955a001eec57b5415f2c6d/sakin.pdf
    • https://tuinvandecruys.be/file/52878764825.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=lev+vygotsky+scaffolding+theory
    • 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_off0000e276.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE276 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa8d.bin
657b33e6e70f0d852853e5efb66b719711737c3a3784e9e7e5eaa704a53958ee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA8D 10984 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000113cd.bin
b61ecfea16e3ca359ff39dc643e3d72389a18e1f5b1ced8e9fa3b71acda29e5f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113CD 17824 bytes