Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f980bdefb1535329…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:28:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 06ff580b1170cdc8d0fe7eaa8f2c2b5f SHA-1: 4503104112aa1914ebd263477b172983a0f1074b SHA-256: f980bdefb153532988c8471a95c3db59f1ca68636449c967502ed9022ea328f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The primary function of this PDF seems to be to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or to serve further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9509

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+computers+lecture+notes+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://prtourusa.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210808_3AA185E1EA2696E2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0948e58f85c8148818d04c9b9a5a9cac/21535852622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neilreardon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jofolodulaloxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61179b6e5a---jemusuwenegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vattuxaydunghl.com/userfiles/file/sapomegalevozafumub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiperaktivite.info/userfiles/files/45977079490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jordanfamilyreunions.com/clients/5/51/51534e3e38036466a76ca8a024fd4923/File/suzususesafafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/73258183598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altinhediyeler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/17665690954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6d43d1d585---94486516189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70f0f91eb5711832e018ed565f0f2622/vemovenedogedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwistw.com/upload/files/radamedogegunilotitesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/93052362213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eco-translation.ca/upload/editor/file/doxemamamomonit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthanggroup.com/webroot/img/files/soniwulozodep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/884e2fac027756a3d0f01a73c446ecb2/werofuviloverufurog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18c3520af3---kogixoserezurareguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://savitravel.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xadapudomulalijer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2dcda97646---24072045176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2018.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81866889417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/vebafuvufaditasagobaroled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210808032906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/3953263449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aurora-c.jp/files/files/dazuzibuditurawagixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607045570648a---mawutajobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/kovali.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000124e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013cf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CF5 20672 bytes
SHA-256: a8780d09e7e3de750404994b78e0b9171b216e11aaf9c54507e7e909bc640645
font_02_sfnt_off000171f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x171F2 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 3d6d58cecdd8e261b7258e649fe54b489cafc02e316eedeb1780037921d49527
font_03_sfnt_off00018a58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18A58 16276 bytes
SHA-256: d00f1692df822d21e1a5e98ad8b77085329bebac9fa4d66ecc38022986c9330a