Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dab657047fff4184…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:32:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 26ab766e0933c9fbb9fdd3a3574ccb71 SHA-1: 3fb66c1ad6cd8ff88b1eddca9bd877ef202aeb34 SHA-256: dab657047fff4184cf38630791b6e862961a2b5aea4e73955ff5834271e2e301
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms on potentially compromised CMS uploads points towards an effort to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://cw-cut.com/uploads/file/pepeletuxamajem.pdf
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/tupupukose.pdf
    • http://goldenrulelodge24.com/clients/860883/File/xezafabajake.pdf
    • http://simpelms.nl/userfiles//files/36772400594.pdf
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/72622429767.pdf
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608657df745c9---83987041352.pdf
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gixul.pdf
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8170255a1---89475883939.pdf
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/gorigexuzagoxavibixof.pdf
    • http://synergyproperty.com/images/files/lofesudik.pdf
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a475227aaeb---30384329759.pdf
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bd98a0c24---palexusigufef.pdf
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982f7f6d863---xaxupidavimomepefurufo.pdf
    • http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/64981781646.pdf
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pouh6c8244ov4t4cg2ciph3r86/26360036016.pdf
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/djttaup549kh12581ag8botmvc/betiwabivebazojobot.pdf
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e70b77df1d8cd3b55b3468cf9e788403/56765801601.pdf
    • http://exito-opakowania.pl/userfiles/file/xuxapuxi.pdf
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a43eb206c30330c80aac3fa3d88352d1/96067814706.pdf
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7f2d4c731---piveparomawekofiramufag.pdf
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/60152079192.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8f13105fe71449e38d0081897064836/tawumemi.pdf
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210521103343.pdf
    • http://architettodrabeni.it/userfiles/files/50871743210.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b742128f9---5663110050.pdf
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115994621c45---10822535738.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=relapse+prevention+worksheets+for+substance+abuse+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_off0000de18.bin
eaaaf77675ad3b99180e2de4a583044e13cc4fb9b9230f1a24697b5b8af85fcc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE18 18136 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c59.bin
6821d4302d98d99b3e769b91e593b26367ce65d6d462f57ce31595b0478116d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C59 11248 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012685.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12685 16792 bytes