Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2c52fbe6c2b4357…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-13 19:25:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 68581bc66e8d06bb18bb6dc13b9e1782 SHA-1: ea16f1befb6ceb3c7a4e9a66f3a7a68842c35d86 SHA-256: e2c52fbe6c2b4357fba8ca9731514fcbc7850b588320a16c734b5fd28bb65d72
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to lure users into downloading further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e3fbeffa1f7c999981b983a4693a038/xuvobemaniraz.pdf
    • http://jongauger.com/userfiles/file/fegevare.pdf
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/wuxuzapiremidexuxotego.pdf
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613475d03f7c7---gometonira.pdf
    • http://pneusmarene.it/images/file/muxarumosasage.pdf
    • http://kerama.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dexinomebonituzazekozitej.pdf
    • http://peggylittlelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jubukezixifapolokotagis.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131afb3afab2---42981102617.pdf
    • https://polenhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zunamexabejewe.pdf
    • https://highrise.pl/file/63796777458.pdf
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/mulukafumemalov.pdf
    • http://sergeisurzhin.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97588207759.pdf
    • https://www.champagne-cornevin.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waxejanofejaselap.pdf
    • http://interface-referencement.com/userfiles/file/36517473011.pdf
    • https://kaplaitalia.it/userfiles/files/39090094395.pdf
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b000ee4bb8---15143598882.pdf
    • http://landpas.pl/upload/file/doteguluvapowonanak.pdf
    • https://btsis.com/upload/ckfinder/files/8045147434.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/gogukugirexel.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5378b98c2e4dbc019b534f2c95a2a029/garedonujas.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=yandere+otome+boyfriend+mod+apk
    • 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_off0000c18a.bin
05c7075ddc136eb6b6e8de5139e66ba709998564ca84edacd53a73a08cd5fdf1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC18A 20304 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f622.bin
9ab706677af92a211674f112e0958a9bcc7e1dc49c948e7242f465b318b1e3a2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF622 10772 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010eaa.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EAA 16792 bytes