Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd9c5c5c122bd8c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 01:21:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 68fbeb525412e0aedd96524130a1fcf6 SHA-1: de9714682723db49eea4567c882c2cb5c53f0958 SHA-256: fd9c5c5c122bd8c6660ab1ae659f23d3b1a73a257891c3d40eece563e310a476
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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=free+life+drawing+classes
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2evudpcta1v1mbdldqdvhaqa9l/34671506951.pdf
    • http://sy-smile.com/upload/files/25625967984.pdf
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609efda59a79e---47825948676.pdf
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zolitowifetetovexo.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/luh0r3j0cid0cb8b1s6kveg2m5/xaribezuvesidudupizalopi.pdf
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/30626535687.pdf
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bcm6ui5ddfjv7g1amb2sstcqd/58357087209.pdf
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c64ae969bef83763a171526dc02a0ec4/68469061285.pdf
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe300b303c---67043161247.pdf
    • http://scheiden-maassluis.nl/uploads//file/lodumizilu.pdf
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9183ab81b995fb723ef26de0af0b530/78930500282.pdf
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vmvah53gijtj233pk0m8s3f586/71809471370.pdf
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eae3fcbb9c---44199476064.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ni8a5on9v01k5l4edbb5p7ch05/45112835533.pdf
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg34jn38090kh50c894897uk14/99230949050.pdf
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945a24e43a1---99581978091.pdf
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a634c7ff9---76393188188.pdf
    • http://tranhdaquydep.vn/upload/files/tobiwaginelemosinobij.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876e1135420---fubujo.pdf
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4691433d29bc2307890e16040df4cb75/relutekarurapovamadokejof.pdf
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3bbedb9898---tabex.pdf
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/45029680169.pdf
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092108f08651---farituxunupakusedixagelo.pdf
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/gexalosokogefugit.pdf
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5365f414eca82b367667fd2d49686425/53059221844.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_off0000fa35.bin
42efeec0dd1df0094e663e9779ee4f42a171c7028104527e96664f22a9131385
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA35 17960 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001294e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1294E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014165.bin
600a8862ebabee26c1e4ebd663aa242698606fd201484d77b80443e9cafbcc29
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14165 10496 bytes