Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe8803054b161385…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-07-12 17:25:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a2135ba6ec5408c0d3ac33c609693f75 SHA-1: 770f206e362019cdef57c245df16bb67167d719a SHA-256: fe8803054b16138530a9b505d252683cd9f3ae6f0f9cd1469003bfdab7f0853a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings point towards an attempt to leverage external resources for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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=the+evolution+of+various+life+forms+on+earth+is+summarized+in
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a603e23e081780cb40f0a43ac29a07d2/zefedet.pdf
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/noxelilonuzezev.pdf
    • http://keletunderground.hu/images/uploaded_pics/file/kafabixaj.pdf
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/60898325746.pdf
    • http://17njl.com/userfiles/files/54163250815.pdf
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/bolobuxaf.pdf
    • https://gazelletr.com/userfiles/files/15051603037.pdf
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/rabukozasuzotu.pdf
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c6b070349---39696600317.pdf
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748369c32ad---3036164123.pdf
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ta2od6l5a1ooh5di8onkrcc2d7/fijelawapevaxed.pdf
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734ed0563de---88463767389.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dda4c5d827---tusirepo.pdf
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sp1gd5uim84f1aretls8v2chkr/subazalotula.pdf
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/41472838847.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltn2du5tmoq0aqcbengac1unud/linosiwax.pdf
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a2e369297---71378317523.pdf
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kah0itte15a61051jlb7hlh2st/34206635520.pdf
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02b1cee8b6d683f9b0286dfffc284baa/57620068996.pdf
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/fusatefulupekiwakezomiliw.pdf
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/664245f606a22bfa4f5f0d4a5b8e8516/96606899877.pdf
    • https://thokhoavietnam.com/upload/files/78707049480.pdf
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc8e099fded---jewiwawibigagafaxamulu.pdf
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074af3b2a627---85560633810.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_off000105f7.bin
9e2eb80c8a0bac517076cb7171788c2eac23b7d538c181b3dda148c081acda19
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F7 16384 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013054.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13054 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001486b.bin
ccc630e81eb471fc59cd95ac8275721f9144d078bd84d6f98f3189684ad7dc09
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1486B 10808 bytes