Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc2053e77c03d67e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 14:01:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d827452a69723caae4e9b9101b83fc5a SHA-1: 996edef2a1597829c400a674946a3691143023b2 SHA-256: dc2053e77c03d67ed562a8d462ca1005ffad8a508eff90d7ab2353c49eac6b63
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of external URIs and link farms points towards an attempt to direct users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://jingyilin.org/uploads/file/25089888181.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/89151720824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netiko.fr/img/Data/file/80770149093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinaia-vik.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/38783981430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/xigomabesipitipalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auditorescr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kaxifufebebamowagofodozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stomatoloska-ordinacija-rijeka.com/files/kapozexemado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-separation-supplier.com/d/files/midogikexevomilulixusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhhieu.vn/hinhanh/file/22657863834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c1e78b8095---83469959171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptsound.com/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/difubufatotita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/domoreritom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/031708a1549027e1c0e410e1b8c8bb47/22678819761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolninskayahotel.com/userfiles/file/48163904177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lrm.mcdonalds.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84587310124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semut73.com/contents/files/lopumizar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/67191476661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c65967427372931dcc4b43720790bd4/panepojevunaragu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindseyderence.com/userfiles/files/23614123133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaiminhhanh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/kufunasovodewejabomitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stock2morrow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zotufepudipetaxurutuzadak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vupujukovodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpatswatertown.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97138648185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agot.pl/upload/file/xowikelapirexageliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+access+to+someone+private+instagramPDF 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_off0000d8f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8F3 10812 bytes
SHA-256: fd093ad3f9392fb8780e4732cc23dcd00e4b38d85cdf3876d73afc37e4aa31c9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E6 18520 bytes
SHA-256: a35a3b6ea4fb90c9cea43016704751466b27213d5ed935cb792edc94b8040d2b
font_02_sfnt_off000122ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1