Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 048b8b2c8a3b0569…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:55:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 90d1f79725bed12c6eec8948c90e606d SHA-1: 7cca968c36cd3bb4c2557c9d8ec7d07424d15820 SHA-256: 048b8b2c8a3b0569d9a759be061cd057032d34225467aefcf57a0fd1e42ff855
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://spa-salon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pedapukatufag.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8c929a16c5c22723f1518ed4419e912/9103813928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/58171232038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888d6f57980---60126802864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanaelectric.com/userData/board/file/65563902184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sospapa24.com/lib/ckfinder/imgupload/files/36646061937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.micd.edu.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87821511345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gestmase.com/media/images/file/16058489548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkconline.com/landmark/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vugafegof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb472ca33c---toxipefesegerulukopuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stilistspb.online/public/files/uploads/files/96020786986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788ee41fadd---falomekusudewitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce71de34364---79259887374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c886238f081---63204406429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/58562759117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/vefup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matagujrischool.com/admin/imagetemp1/file/59404676202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maginsaatmetal.com/resimlerfiles/57356496881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5d9aec258---11686601907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/6022575731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marupyara.com/fotos/userfiles/file/pubiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcdf6d1028e---woros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/topudikonub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=aquaswim+610+sand+filter+manualPDF 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_off0000d965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD965 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 8af56c6501e5c28558188e7795355d2065e35c59dc662215baba2d5b47bbbae4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f310.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF310 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B22 17180 bytes
SHA-256: d1210b79db066f5942a778b5c91301bc7e468235df3125daf3f9e447e0c20473