Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e871b0f342c3af8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-24 17:47:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4b7cea4a20505d8ab506ee6e69e031eb SHA-1: 3cc9f2b0801f14fe3ef10bfe7ef95ebc157efe20 SHA-256: e871b0f342c3af8aa34477367207b2f618a6f877559aa9f058d0b3189f3f0bbc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+disable+apps+on+android
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iih46qajvds1o13f7hlq71d6o5/gasodujakofowirunusonela.pdf
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a149473686c377c0ecd24e28b62b8b4f/24056965466.pdf
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/gipegefenixekej.pdf
    • https://santaclara.com/wysiwygfiles/file/zorewiwukizuxamuvegekuv.pdf
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-9-24/20210924071018521631.pdf
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/ligatovokemozi.pdf
    • http://cherriestattoo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/felatekedoxisowajele.pdf
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/26248058707.pdf
    • http://hoangduy.vn/vn/files/basivaladijerawaw.pdf
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161472e5bd775e---waxotu.pdf
    • http://meetburgerusa.com/uploads/files/69260239234.pdf
    • https://delcinfo.ru/img/files/files/bebamabejelawuwawi.pdf
    • https://jiu-hang.com/upfiles/editor/files/91065271496.pdf
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140050430f36---kotapezusemaxeviru.pdf
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/25328805807.pdf
    • https://intrastorg.com/userfiles/file/59981857378.pdf
    • https://alusol-kw.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72473235974.pdf
    • https://zoldlaptop.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52794649307.pdf
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4326690058.pdf
    • https://promoform.coreform.it/uploads/file/jeruxubo.pdf
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143b4724fa04---nesewumodagazo.pdf
    • https://badrivishal.com/media/56594153318.pdf
    • https://www.jakketoes.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23448089906.pdf
    • http://abwplazaview.com/uploads/files/dijovenenurepajepugo.pdf
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/rifuk.pdf
    • 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_off0000b3e6.bin
0b3adbf694ed2b193fc1a85d1999e90879710f4fed151b3b4378e73c570299a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3E6 15060 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d944.bin
dcce87d22c956003fcbbe8e411ec8883ca460859518294d627db5802a1ac4d06
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD944 10716 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1bd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1BD 16792 bytes