Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d57db0408f094603…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-26 16:11:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 9225072b6b1bacadb998cd7ee3b472db SHA-1: c9f9f93fefe02bd5ff81c0ae44aa2c8982094136 SHA-256: d57db0408f094603edb88dcd2341bb776227cb6d40a3f347caea74a0b1b07415
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised or disposable domains. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a deliberate effort to create a network of links for SEO manipulation or to distribute further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack pattern involves directing users to external, untrusted resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://tt-ural.su/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jalawed.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/423924f7df4226ac5e7d93be17e21dc3/wivobafilinoxide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pemaboutiquehotel.com/assets/userfiles/files/97747789581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/90086772111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jaegeraviation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wogugukuvutupoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/dejidopiwamabofalugegubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/niseluximijatofuzeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.net/uploads/files/41860522253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9be4ea6b9---25394231473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.com/callmark/files/88079874237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpt-mh.com/uploads/news/files/sipojinurarujoxime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/63975355777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lambanghieuquangcaogiare.net/vietkiendo/upload/file/40897400502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/files/fuzamowojewafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131236cb9244---46110909798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simsvizag.com/contentimages/file/38381593060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147a26708894---mupori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bcb0d48208bd43424894998120d610a/22096856049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://molecult.metallo-tests.ch/sites/web/upload/files/lazadirisirekidobemaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acatay.daynexdemo.tk/upload/ckfinder/files/8499298206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4544cf44633f6e89412c6f345cdf995/sironuwobalokog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210919170800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fxlcd.com/upload/file/37256154841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/202191182551497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowadhr.com/app/webroot/upload/files/52648681493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=android+how+to+get+user+location+continuously+even+your+app+is+killedPDF 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_off0000b3ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3AE 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 3bc1f9bfbc49859f2f18ae8868538d74aed213a23e4d8d05b22e3a949760c4be
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDDA 14744 bytes
SHA-256: bac8ce211298bc9409a7264dc48a7a240a7c8850a40c1791a787a1775d50bb90
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1