Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0517b2f811899a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 03:10:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 61935feffdd5c4222afe31e05a962031 SHA-1: 4fa78c216462e880b667a06415296f72658ba627 SHA-256: f0517b2f811899a5c104868a2201d5072182fba74805853e2d44ac68afd56bc6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The presence of these links suggests the document is likely a phishing lure or a distribution point for further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+back+lost+photos+on+android
    • http://lifecontinues.ru/images/files/29074947270.pdf
    • https://citytrafik.nu/images/file/4909319441.pdf
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bb7a74be7---69038777983.pdf
    • http://benevolo.it/userfiles/files/69474150004.pdf
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/14612451714.pdf
    • https://abisspaandboutique.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/11613846322.pdf
    • http://kprmk.pl/userfiles/file/xukewupugopeduwopuda.pdf
    • https://greenways.at/userfiles/file/gusuzefujakidunazola.pdf
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/fewuxuxotokomi.pdf
    • http://gamax-motor.cz/data/dokumenty/vazozokubideduj.pdf
    • http://www.extramas.com/userfiles/files/17524962182.pdf
    • https://ropaalmayoreo.com/images/userfiles/file/wededesab.pdf
    • http://www.recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuwoxuliguvalobidunaxeka.pdf
    • http://remont-etalon.ru/upload/files/66976451486.pdf
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/rutotatosumibepir.pdf
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6de10c8ed72d19be20bb855586cbc760/44162429694.pdf
    • http://sushistoryus.com/uploads/files/13096237611.pdf
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pexuseba.pdf
    • https://5udua.com/contents/files/12740738377.pdf
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613543b05509d---2819348698.pdf
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26183474540.pdf
    • http://pecsimutargygaleria.hu/files/file/leninakoxaxubaxufere.pdf
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/49684891720.pdf
    • http://chukysovin.com/img-svc/files/47931820639.pdf
    • https://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88231613303.pdf
    • https://www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gobozewebomesenimuf.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_off0000c999.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC999 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1b0.bin
06190f84c8046142ce72fdebe37f53b4fd932f0e84555a14c51e075311b20681
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1B0 11104 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb23.bin
13de60b3e0c8580fdb7235bfbe299bd713d28badec7fa9640274c65d59afff38
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB23 16964 bytes