Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e585b0201da08c63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-17 14:04:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e5316e8bb6177f6016c060e335519ffe SHA-1: 12516f0f51173189c5a654146371d93eba7e75b5 SHA-256: e585b0201da08c63c12928e9a3aa9d1d9122564de2f96166a8eff2408edff8ca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary function appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content via a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hbhonphi93o8ipe4f73mukcek4/piteworuvidozuwoxilotuso.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wadirumshootingstars.com/userfiles/file///66958532942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--zb0by3yusal20ak5lcidnwigi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1626429492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609837b32bbb5---34033640542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61a15a95a19bc3475b7b3045458e3271/31739265119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/53091062360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea3646d3c5---mawozosiwosufevuxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae503880ad2---mugerorita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcra8n3o53nsdij3q12lib3u42/bizugufolapelomudowuwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://menafundinfo.com/userfiles/file/duzabiteladi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentimesneedlehill.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/9253653576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c50ff6cc57f---tilijilevusiguzubakubabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/legudepepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/becf8e37a4696eafe435b599095bd379/11943447002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agcontraincendios.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/61354112039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea904c420c8a13dbd7f0878d2c5f8404/modevoborogoviziti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i0lc6i21u97hs4n7p6sirv1003/42406059378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://be1971.com/clients/a/a1/a19be2fc4cf8b198b52f296748481ce5/File/41829747133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7895068c54---miluladip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daluzitugoludu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1dc4c03d63---minojinorewigapepojojoput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qbuy.com/CKEdit/upload/files/74158073919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607705ef3aa0f---74584271766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/filapabunavarefine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/13460511294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4gnr6j4mhb4nd51na9anu828e5/39487937988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8599e98539---37537467835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=oswald+chamber+my+utmost+for+his+highest+pdfPDF 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_off0000f176.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF176 16940 bytes
SHA-256: fc9859843243a2d04f0b5f976eba943df1dc05d16eac08ba4f9b071b8c05b60e
font_01_sfnt_off00011d5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D5A 11428 bytes
SHA-256: 63bce5394fd9290338388eebd3d92e2a3d4fc05683fded4d990e3607421db10e
font_02_sfnt_off00013803.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13803 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1