Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d623270d21a54d77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:08:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1377d526522d57af069701e1e42d9896 SHA-1: 4aae8b0bc257e73e7356315a40a6428449d4be66 SHA-256: d623270d21a54d77bbf34a58baa0a6e5bbfc3e7ce0b410f4f370bda855c623f3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of using such sites to distribute malicious content or redirect users. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns point towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sadnqiigm13f4jm9jici35iba8/15449473667.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08m8aedq47k0eeuru1bftc6nc3/58382819425.pdf
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841d7e905bb---60553122553.pdf
    • http://austintownfitch1980.com/clients/879833/File/zomudonarize.pdf
    • https://annekienlen.fr/imagesfile/95579986602.pdf
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bg5etdpo3d6h0gejcnb6ddcevf/vomijexiguxi.pdf
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeb7ff8742420a224fb78667228b04f7/52131600460.pdf
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7f686c280---82573835524.pdf
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tauqceg7pncslsume37baa5sua/fajisidotaw.pdf
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/zevapuxoxuribixujadekided.pdf
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c85b726253---90166105161.pdf
    • https://benjamindreyer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed193b82d35ce8a57676193482c4f908/netekisinezuxejugibilix.pdf
    • https://hostingalani.com/calisma2/files/uploads/sofisawozidisijifip.pdf
    • https://digireg.it/upload/21170426593.pdf
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9556a8300---99991350452.pdf
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaaa84f1b13f2892beebb3a2eca08085/razaxogitiw.pdf
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9uj96ssh42o50f61mpefmmvsgg/dukoz.pdf
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086eae3d8109---nonijikeremaz.pdf
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/supusuvoko.pdf
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608524535bcd1---66839459745.pdf
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210623203957.pdf
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070644422bf0---jibuvew.pdf
    • http://moreit.ch/productinfo/file/91296828729.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=inverse+function+multiple+choice
    • 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_off0000d09e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD09E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8b0.bin
4caaa8ed7dbff1cba30a6e595f960fa3a20fc37903b30901beddfa5906b4868a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B0 17808 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000117b4.bin
ffcb447a678ba4f18b855fa6ff09119a3165bc30d091e985cf62271c313963d3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B4 10700 bytes