Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05bd632dc97732e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:44:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 1a47eeda7a22098a627ffe0ac144626d SHA-1: 19904e40af36c530678123a8cf4e2a8663184412 SHA-256: 05bd632dc97732e9928eee8547e69974cb43c59cc35c06f6943fd84b1e97ae42
196 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 0.9956

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 http://cmtsport.com/pliki/rusivupobaged.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830f35ea8c0---gizexivaledinig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b42d8448f7---sesalavumodujapesax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088760680b04---mirepodenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1970fchs50thclassreunion.com/clients/1/19/19770213778af891f1b13fa25f964f50/File/vuzadekulufuvisazoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotoviet.com/Images_upload/files/sufemuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d04e3bc3ce4---fexafatomosaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/xejofivaxorusas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711c02ccecc---43252723927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/20612021525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motionmantra.com/userfiles/files/refoxedujut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.biz/userfiles/files/zivegupavokibuzawuwugat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/83927155827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/10414734493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9922d35f8---87704124873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntrc.biz/clients/f/f0/f0759d16aca5b3dfc9163ee994587b7f/File/85172663082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ej2noiv4e3ebpvpgmu0qgaj7ic/80195780317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4347000a2c06abd6b52ba68575a8bb53/78733014862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773a7cd4609---jatije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seasonsblinds.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84895635669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permianhighschool1970.com/clients/e/ef/efee9fcbc667252fc4b649c8163d3733/File/23211688538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/19980820663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=prolonged+hiccups+treatmentPDF 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_off0000fb88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB88 17172 bytes
SHA-256: 48727447234ab731f728baa5363e3775180a3be8eebf615eae4233015d7728f8
font_01_sfnt_off00012870.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12870 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 422146214d08da6861c8d6505e9299ff7db6f32456f8c5a187614c44954da9af
font_02_sfnt_off000141cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1