Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2069b0fb7c37e9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 12:07:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b0560779f53331a9fb1b1b796d64d73b SHA-1: 69510780fb80000619b51e6eec45b0cc5264e356 SHA-256: e2069b0fb7c37e9ad3fc14bac4ebd4adb56d8ed093baa6e85d6cce03704a641e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' point towards an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious PDF payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cheat+codes+for+gta+4+playstation+3 PDF link annotation
    • http://cbcom.fr/ressource/site-image/files/jilerovofab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precisionsurgicalworks.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lenute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bipaf.org/2009_home/upload/editor/file/jopegirukigegovul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gibidesign.com/fckfiles/file/90621668287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangdientunhk.com/upload/files/54298942228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megamento.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/midelalepubotuvixibupot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienanglass.vn/upload/files/kixanozojezowelopuzozip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dabanbep.tanglehadong.com/upload/files/35344875626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/lojonul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvdeastudio.it/userfiles/files/magajapodidadana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/94522118922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dc5d48ff9b---nifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161400ea8a6ee7---neditozilalazinikazowepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/fopuvusewin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161409e887683a---mununatatodajabes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feynburg-uhren.de/uploads/73805319810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodambra.eu/userfiles/files/vivopisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4440e57468678d48ef8a3778f185b67/31788548721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/votexokanumezazovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linuxnewyork.com/draft/media/fedumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sadiqandsons.com/userfiles/files/mopagodidobaleguxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montex.pro/uploads/userfiles/file/jusinetewekis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/61985323833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e6b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fecc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFECC 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 1f405cf82ad8ec8fed30b4c63e18455d3d2d686a2dc6b6759f53f1dde8d470a6
font_02_sfnt_off00011926.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11926 19044 bytes
SHA-256: 07fb8767e1e353204522a7e565431b4716681fabea717b90678550d3165f4a22

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