Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0a22e4581b470d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-31 03:00:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4000b21d2d1302a3394b0d913e17b437 SHA-1: db92fa34ea3ddd2442f88637d257f9b8881901c7 SHA-256: f0a22e4581b470d0e8ae03dbdd71d399dd7ca7e7395b847f6eb694135e9fdae5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous external URIs and links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters suggest an effort to create a link farm for broad distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+is+a+keg+of+busch+light PDF link annotation
    • http://longvu.vn/Images_upload/files/sotunagijop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89967174412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5moldi413nanes9hgq08ir3kj/fodofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d72d2db3f3c30a51de4185a58a20407f/zilivaranunopujuzef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/mobukaxejegoriti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenbaycruisesagent.com/userfiles/file/pasokunovewodegifunedif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/95035691627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c51b9a6e62---65239048143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keacg.com/upload/files/powesokuzesuvij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee80f94e98---kegagemodozimumixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb1cda7e26---28586106426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyliving.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21710465540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50426018f5---54268365500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/fugizatewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gk91c6d0kgb2g8qmc5qaluah8f/duvafikodedobidereriwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bojovicsirogojno.com//files/pivivipavejopalokowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97728c74fcbf28b2e7b8d622d59b1b0b/kasozukivubaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb55c2d6dfe---77257105232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m464lgvuj7h64hsjqitgo23d2i/muzavodonajiwufejoroli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbfe26409d2---dudaxabala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b63cfad5a5fff729566a1718abf0ead/virovovuweregevaneleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf10b6533c0---zitatedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f05ae97d005---makiguvewa.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_off0000df3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF3A 10988 bytes
SHA-256: ebf5785a13d542bdea9022ed789226773cfe6728543933a81bb56199ebf2cf21
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8CF 17548 bytes
SHA-256: 6730b94d07d445e16b4f5e4c83d3f9d9ec7ea997ae4541b7c92eadeb3adeaa16
font_02_sfnt_off00012718.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12718 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1