Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d621b9553da4a078…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 01:10:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: fd551e937bc41d1e489c8fc93885c64c SHA-1: a0c6062edd9b5b90cc8efd857c1a63e34c29f80a SHA-256: d621b9553da4a078bdd054238803a202d90a4597d5be010fd37cc93608d570c6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely to facilitate phishing attacks or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hopipconr5s0g0qqquppo67pi4/6838128976.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://deltaguvenlik.net/userfiles/file/727486899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/89722930575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa2742bbf8e35d3e36a54bfaac729870/limiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/307c4a363d3a9eb6bc26674448fe19d1/8830152721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b066g2r204ikecqjjn8heproh9/56427268764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/429i49pg0evrj38ejuajcb9hc9/rupukujorudovodojikufex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/76520999658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serramentisiciliano.it/userfiles/files/didowegegip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841646183c4---nularu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cee866dc9b7---zoxijapurotati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67m6sdgmctl2u75k95derlcb11/xumafakul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pojenosiwafevubadegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/es9c9o6qk6aiiisi38qem3pifr/finotutuxexokabepimif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/pepiwiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fbef761177---11816893623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c8cdd433e---rixixabuvurenikibibapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aa1df33ad2eef60dad60ad8f1b145de/72524196299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48d2baf92fc09b25f5c6918fbf2edc90/38780238009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eba114ac92493098b4f29cc0248560f/gozivojukiposoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fadff1e706---sefigunikudivivube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=download+dear+nathanPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c326.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC326 16944 bytes
SHA-256: 580f48902be902b13070800335400a1a95e915a1d60581c8eba14f3dffbf909c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A9 10172 bytes
SHA-256: 255b82c6d01ece654b6b075510a7bb5a170e49265e09ca8c9e349fd1095d7327
font_03_sfnt_off00011e63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E63 16120 bytes
SHA-256: 5cfa37fce0989fcd98349beccf9a63719aff29e66b00f3ba655f54b68a91f5d5