Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6b57f8fc4ccff12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 09:35:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b83b90c5d810fbf86a8b0f0f669ed7be SHA-1: 0d0521febf36069bd63517ba3c03f9a2617b732d SHA-256: f6b57f8fc4ccff1267016122917feb7db5ee905e9b6f17f706dc4f0cfd4c60d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised websites hosting other PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm used to distribute malicious content, likely as part of a phishing campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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 http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/wiworu.pdf
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42d885fe6d---zefinavifupibi.pdf
    • https://yarpaket.ru/userfiles/file/bibazezukulopivikeku.pdf
    • http://kiiga.ru/userfiles/file/divuja.pdf
    • http://lindendirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zanakapepusepozafozu.pdf
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c884070e773---64868625525.pdf
    • http://springbook.no/files/gojowodekixuv.pdf
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/63828801864.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b5bfec00a---lufowesiva.pdf
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40f44509162d2e99cc43f3f75cc900c7/zixepigobamupila.pdf
    • https://habrit.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiwugutapinejozovutew.pdf
    • http://hasanmasat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/davilisepodote.pdf
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58755d707e628bab06ffce498aa7140a/28783945552.pdf
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3491769002.pdf
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/tibuvefutokavemun.pdf
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3e053e2b1ddcd2b1e54b6c8aba46a29/54699948556.pdf
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a4b7b826c79c1c27af9a76896066a0f/jonapaveriferadekomenow.pdf
    • http://twfbs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89746424739.pdf
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bfe1ae8f075e971c4a2774622d021c9/73009531992.pdf
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents//files/liropigeboresuwobinumu.pdf
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c181e1d179f---92339477422.pdf
    • http://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/64775619471.pdf
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aaa7e85fa5---76023063381.pdf
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/zetewefafufozanukoxat.pdf
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789621740ca---fefamenofifomaf.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=companies+that+support+alec+2020
    • 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_off00010346.bin
8f2490279cf72e65862ceefc9eaf22744165537d13ef487236e1fa24c38d755e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10346 11012 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011cb6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000134c8.bin
7762bf1effb4b53ba0091015a9b92ea057331d43c147c010b560833bb5cfdd6b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134C8 17872 bytes