Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec468a302ba0fae5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-23 22:54:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fabf81763f095aa7101c30410d31e690 SHA-1: cfae0aeb2ba4be93d2a59935aa5a9902875981b4 SHA-256: ec468a302ba0fae5ff6c67403b534729f7da94cd3c4dbcde6045351dba51f237
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs indicates a phishing or SEO-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+10+sim+pin PDF link annotation
    • http://annabarons.lv/files/files/rugotalesiwerewivoruxejev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rejs2013.cycling-recycling.eu/imgturysta/files/197614808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.com/userfiles/file/tovoduwekaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topimmigrationlawyer.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32260130238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xueyuan.zlyxgw.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/20210917045235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161475e1db4d10---860192371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stisk.com/file/diwobodubonagigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eksternest.be/images/file/11115067381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liho.cz/UserFiles/File/dixapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivierdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36676582237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ore-processing.ru/d/files/51949280384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthueviet.vn/img_data/files/galebomevupojogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614347ac9688e---28506239713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614090ffb62f5---96054222508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://l-max.ru/userfiles/file/99121511041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32e33c6ef21ffdff234610e005d730a9/vefakojupovezafonipejame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4chan.ro/UserFiles/file/wukovopipibiluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodlife88.com/uploads/files/20364734980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43a10facea02048887f6544bb3e8d61e/dopoxogoxamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dusunceokulu.net/resimler/files/xigetadisonaxutenegupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613988cfca1ae---27007188202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parc-hotel.info/file/fefipagegijam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebeccafantarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/23620712735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/92797285900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145665646f6a---bawiwomifexipenawofatobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahceneryaman.net/public/content-images/files/xipulojewap.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_off0000dedd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEDD 10268 bytes
SHA-256: 533c29b268a8a67aa2ed632ebf824b8b76658a0cacdc5bc6f1652ff1fd9b8f56
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5DD 18672 bytes
SHA-256: 0ea5609887654b1740b15590cb60914096b8e149b5a9c26a9fa6a41704f1b533
font_02_sfnt_off000124cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1