Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d82ccf467d653572…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-21 12:14:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 917afd62fe89c68ad3ee459996630013 SHA-1: 0ff26053eb84bef15705dd2a380302a250b6fe97 SHA-256: d82ccf467d6535720f4d845edca57dc35e68e83d861dae19df8e847f046e538a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The primary purpose seems to be directing users to malicious content, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/95887117598.pdf
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f20872953a8---13303586766.pdf
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ba9709aa925591e5e3034ec63ad96b3/86693653426.pdf
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79b0c64c1af73123ed890ca8fdb6df21/21874567543.pdf
    • http://acudrved.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tubezixabakogin.pdf
    • http://cukrarnakolbaba.eu/obrazky/files/69672815971.pdf
    • https://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77712335265.pdf
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad5695e9a92---sejef.pdf
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/17232615824.pdf
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/bazajilowuzusokusipeju.pdf
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e6d1f915703f6580061a6b57150d664/bukititidiwuwekobavimeg.pdf
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/jirupaloreg.pdf
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8da7df5571e50f1f672066c7f9b786c9/18565701124.pdf
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee3c344260---26677859033.pdf
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/80302289799.pdf
    • http://thegreenlegacykeepers.com/clients/e/e8/e8dc17949b7ef813e9937e453902477f/File/texuxanodavunisezuw.pdf
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fefca20757de16c1f809d117d4abcae7/jufomuzab.pdf
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2072459d2f---gibajawogubodumajuvi.pdf
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2fcccaff01---20886726955.pdf
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/xewejipowi.pdf
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb4c5a34eb---rafuvopinekatuxulizi.pdf
    • https://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuragupapemawexavafebasa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=nbr+7211+pdf
    • 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_off0000e432.bin
e1123f06bd6bf5e0f4f630c31d67be730ec2dc6f6186bdb3642b0fc8e9c71338
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE432 9908 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9f5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9F5 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011207.bin
5dd420ac170ed5bede554a4d8583c386da8addb1a4b2f9b8d8ed11698863c291
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11207 20476 bytes