Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d563ff6361e08152…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:57:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4e99af03c1268fe832d96b5a8ac3b18a SHA-1: 55ec9cc09c1c3b79645cc81f4521e0e9a8043ee8 SHA-256: d563ff6361e081528336b1d217a80032f9c1d7fdb39ce262a25ea55d4866444c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The sample was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of numerous unknown URLs suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://oldtimerclub-thueringerberg.at/images/file/45026690093.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b91b9f3ee21fb653fe645b8277bb9b89/50471246437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/gefefelivevusetugunavad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78730000a5---51638823651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nslogisticservice.com/userfiles/files/sivabigelulovanevogad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/babopeget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivaflo-south.in/userfiles/files/62332607924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/78661295432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085236c7040b---75005768906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12tiga.com/contents//files/90709529675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af7476d7ceca3389be8b1d3e61232437/67543695070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcntanduc.vn/img_duhoc/files/jasokisutitewusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cb8c7ea122b2b856fe54a8a87cb1dbe/98799241627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897a62b79de---98630010923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rlu5c7k0qgqbhp74k5fj1u99ad/45148780781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wdnederland.nl/file/65240685481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ec79706649df2adb5813e33c232d1e9/40651659216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thic.net/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83050004344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a85cd4d092---gosori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd919f54ac0---mupanotenebudazapomapuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mivej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb0c0cd6a5---xetatutoxerufeduwilokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/llhbqce3sk7b4gto27rfpf3u8m/76115304576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5fe567637---2916062544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3e0b556bhrbowi6undva.com/ckupload/files/12621365446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebellingerfamily.com/clients/0/05/05034faaa501c69409a7459485cba135/File/85007569965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivierdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56608872991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=darkness+visible+pdfPDF 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_off0000dbb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB5 17052 bytes
SHA-256: ef2a8e3c729eb20f8051b3ebd7c9dc9c09ec338b0092356cbc765c2055c17ef6
font_01_sfnt_off00010829.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10829 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 94fa030345324b72076ad91da11c3871caedf2c4c8f521bebec38cd02248cf5d
font_02_sfnt_off00012024.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12024 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1