Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e673d9679539e017…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-27 07:03:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 89badb8f8f9e7e7b41c748c861226c98 SHA-1: da5e4672947a04870175be05e098b01e1d778f6d SHA-256: e673d9679539e01787b792f632d3d486a18d717c83d51885f0c3fffb78ce8494
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, indicated by numerous external links. Several heuristics point to links hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a delivery mechanism for a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hacked+hill+climb+2 PDF link annotation
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210926115647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2ec3b151113870319d6edf3ba9a79b8/30593785860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetbrashersclavoghisu.eu/userfiles/files/xiwuvakizarejowovasipaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourpon.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_0BF997514323E8A5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dangeloremodeling.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/66305615847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c27803cc1---58956833373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resonanceacteurs.nl/userfiles/file/66956171126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hostingureitings.lv/uploads/userfiles/files/retavipumifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielle-srl.com/userfiles/files/59851048738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heathrowairporttaxi.website/userfiles/file/80829376381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2f63fb4d40536be8e8570aa43ff663c/gelem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bitree.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13948225830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cephedanismani.com/images/pages/file/72001190343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenenergy.com/sites/default/files/file/91319984214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwilldoit.ru/uploads/files/files/bunowawixaxavuvota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lofazaganewiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408f4be93f5---nofumaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r.su/uploadfiles/file/2021090808373473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8hnbcvgd95s62iq7aolm1aj7e5/luripisuwimil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakesushilakehavasu.com/uploads/files/47497499397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/78449155916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adice-area.com/pictures/files/56687310770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b0b1e582b---xipedagonumilojifunorak.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_off0000b15c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB15C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c973.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC973 10388 bytes
SHA-256: b68c25658da4f45ed42ed760f91b4a225eef11ec73d6fb7f6d5dda5344f96085
font_02_sfnt_off0000e0e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0E3 14464 bytes
SHA-256: 33f770c4cdf446d4cf3ed263663c8d6689b3d57e3a6104379fd47f7aadf2261b