Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e401bc5cf60b3a06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-25 06:33:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6eca16a193244ed684bb0b7111624a6a SHA-1: ffa26c821256ae5415bb6b856495e59d39726f80 SHA-256: e401bc5cf60b3a06d52a79b6036b4d163e9d19052c7af28904e6d6428273bc5e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, as indicated by the 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious content or redirect to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://www.motionmantra.com/userfiles/files/zafumekuruva.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zxpgw.com/userfiles/file/77830981446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpeverest.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60870747870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arabadvertise.com/userfiles/files/jurupizaniterowujakabez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/20486158561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sujitonweb.com/userfiles/files/zunujuzalenepag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb5eecf5f9---lolodupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaitofu.com/image/upload/File/79492070389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itfkarnataka.com/cvsprojects/SSK/Source/2.0.0/images/files/xagapixubalaxegix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.speeddating.lt/speeddating/ckfinder/userfiles/files/falapejujelijisemapinonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fe8ca6c119---vubutal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba450ea571---pujazuwutiponow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/179615ffb93adf852246840eb2470d65/biriruvededemeler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daotaolaixesontay.com/uploads/file/koxukizumebixonolisamok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhao-tech.com/userfiles/file/bitixikipasog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614220de3d9ad---41160974870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frigotechreina.com/userfiles/files/jawosebomarad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133465d042a3---nunobugasojoxokukomegusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://texasbordervolunteers.org/userfiles/file/41333425183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indicaperu.com/userfiles/file/43088460820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luatsubienhoa.com/upload/ck/files/zatuboseloxufogitotebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=justice+league+streaming+onPDF 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_off0000b047.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB047 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC859 15492 bytes
SHA-256: 87636d7e4795116b54e05efbfd93c893bfd9f176235aea793f7ea23e4cd24432
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF34 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 766fb402afbccac5ee6ad42925c42f273fe0148415e8b3d6627b39e5a58f3572