Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4d684d6634a4529…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 20:58:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7c6007e55644143ac0dd565a0b4a19b7 SHA-1: 55cc08edc887d97931050f201aeb1d0c4b887ac4 SHA-256: e4d684d6634a4529534ef26e1042e0d5131f06324e85e534f30e343820604248
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded URLs and the heuristic firings related to link farms and compromised CMS uploads support the conclusion that this document is part of a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://europartner2.pl/uploads/vipujidivipak.pdf
    • http://hcstonetw.com/uploads/files/202109162134021614.pdf
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/fesovakuzaziwu.pdf
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdb4ca32dc---wasimufogobuxotexavu.pdf
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c63436e6593c1ae7e65e7bf4049b7c69/gasenovobizufeniwifurej.pdf
    • https://ykitraders.com/UserFiles/file/9574814289.pdf
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/morexixisemupovonowuvazow.pdf
    • http://ntvietnga.com/upload/files/kojonajogu.pdf
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/72361379664.pdf
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ff30b80590b92cb32e54493d6432186/lejidomiresufuzad.pdf
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/81716356122.pdf
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/90236061286.pdf
    • https://phu-komplex.pl/pliki/file/vatowevonilowovexu.pdf
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/8062676591.pdf
    • https://verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45152449669.pdf
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c6e2702a2a---24191158181.pdf
    • https://ichapps.peaceofworld.com/ichapps/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/78892436250.pdf
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79fafa75644346d3fb99cba47c6c9377/38927458773.pdf
    • http://www.investinwielkopolska.pl/application/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiroju.pdf
    • http://studiofantino.it/userfiles/files/54830761477.pdf
    • https://gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/kesogimuzi.pdf
    • http://riviera.az/userfiles/file/44483208197.pdf
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f640b793b---12167574975.pdf
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f51dc0ce52---sejumuturavubiwo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=guadagna+con+android
    • 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_off0000ecac.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECAC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000104be.bin
ca0a422f0838ab6ef71ece423e50b2f268ef9b9cef18de562949fa3dc38dcce9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104BE 17688 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013350.bin
65720f296125629d13fbd437afa2a6ac9fcd5cc4287f3895994afc414344bb92
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13350 10240 bytes