Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd2122de01127f03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:48:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 75b3dea16f7cecd24e6de2016a1975c5 SHA-1: ad37513cf410c0779fa4657595a35742d6a032af SHA-256: fd2122de01127f03306cdc78e6e5a424cd5ef097442e3bf1e4af718bb181055f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine results or disguise the malicious nature of the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://tyko.pl/userfiles/file/vozibolakuliwixesab.pdf
    • http://sanchariglobal.com/userfiles/file/neliluzoxuson.pdf
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef8fa73956---punisomezedekewatinaj.pdf
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e726e91267---moxuvijajiligej.pdf
    • http://7seapharmtech.com/Uploadfiles/files/74304314023.pdf
    • http://phongthuydotho.vn/upload/files/zutolizopasofope.pdf
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8f12528668ad6e410c5c6f9830ba1fa/4981341401.pdf
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/bitubarebipi.pdf
    • http://jedwines.com/cmsCart/upload/file/95820209591.pdf
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/550ba11b5da0bcbe35c32c787ce2e95f/viruwubivalabewimijej.pdf
    • https://stop-remont.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93789956387.pdf
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/pazunigusatekugozu.pdf
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e41lbfe3395vbvoe9hf3ridv9v/lofamagakexufexupifajeli.pdf
    • http://cukrarnakolbaba.eu/obrazky/files/kutakigizobevawanuk.pdf
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/luwitoliposojonibozux.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d1a03775a---danurumamukebag.pdf
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9e609c2a7---gogopusesupaxaxixod.pdf
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d14a0b7cc5---59860398880.pdf
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/sokesosuliletu.pdf
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ddffc0d07b---waxopeverozinad.pdf
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126a37b10994---99603020997.pdf
    • http://aromamahabaleshwar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xikodu.pdf
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/8903632622.pdf
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/38891339684.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=natural+resource+economics+barry+field+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_off0000d5b4.bin
0d3500930d095fbd10b614b60870449611f8e4fa818781d8516b40e3d8676361
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5B4 17628 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000102f8.bin
2b8eaec974a0f4d0d1b610cc6be3aad6a28f1b4eecb15dbe159e050b94ee3f56
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102F8 11112 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011cba.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CBA 16792 bytes