Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 feb36e8aca457f60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:21:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 016102db5dff74f23e30b0d4eeca3e75 SHA-1: 5de268f56a93b62461b2757de9a0bb2c6122cdf7 SHA-256: feb36e8aca457f60c23f2084a7090620c9e20c0d158f579507a69934c86f4531
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs and the heuristic findings of a 'link farm' and 'compromised CMS upload' point towards an attempt to exploit user trust by directing them to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613351fc6ae1b---30919280772.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.milestonesmn.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiloguduretewobaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khodahoanglang.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/fedobozagalari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f6c98e429---wejetobulujefoxikakaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bzws.zhanyougame.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zajakufoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaibamboorestaurant.ca/phpsites/bard_ford/uploads/file/nodixetojowiluxabune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solener.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74683095471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/gagageveziwajisize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uforoi.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/31279674521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ark-mr.com/data/home/qxu2063190031/htdocs/uploadfile/files/webijotulebejas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/wibemabawenazapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-metalparts.com/d/files/45179375284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodebiaggi.eu/userfiles/files/jamiteru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/falepotizigopabal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/mudivegowatubeketijusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.org/ressource/site-image/files/jaluduwigafokesukasedaxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.physedu.in/newsite/userfiles/files/88256323135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moretonassets.net/userfiles/mozokutaponijotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officinedesign.it/userfiles/files/gumowatigitasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613651a1a6718---9659174173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-9-3/20210903060059447718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/32357997578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvsexpo.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86352629025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garraldaarquitectura.com/garralda_userfiles/files/namezel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micsys.in/userfiles/file/xotanexib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioblina.eu/userfiles/file/zovamavelonulakinarobanog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=diseases+caused+by+microbes+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d720.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD720 10888 bytes
SHA-256: f543a01aa149d5510ab0d685988f9c0f03c734f1fb6ad09670278ae383c35b3c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f021.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF021 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010833.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10833 17784 bytes
SHA-256: 912f3979ad0f0fb41346515ebec9033b1391ae7b63c81fc7fb7454938d6a8236

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