Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0df456f2eded0190…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-08-28 06:11:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 56905fbf815b819faa78b4b0ed3ef576 SHA-1: ac8296a45a24b1dbedba2a45dc60cc0be7cc93fa SHA-256: 0df456f2eded01901a661b36ce0573cf42dc080e109b01dfafd8f5f19585cebd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. 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 0.9997

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 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=emma+watson+hot+pictures PDF link annotation
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28e96f18c3---56120691639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd4d4151c5684b51bcdadcd91f232686/mejuxufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madinaboys.com/easydo%20v2.00/files/uploads/keluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/wosekuxoxozunopuzediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6926478175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tspinstruments.com/cache/fck_files/file/9937649590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed37fe5afa74fa3dc0ab5599af886ff5/siduvomupijemazax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/zifavaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/litodikorir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taispacedesign.com/upload/files/lajibiporibejajapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b5102a97df---30927518486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenthelong.net/userfiles/files/tinefuruwukubamenuzozof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuongiare.vn/upload/files/24080993538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradleyhillsapartments.com/demo/uploads/contents/file/39924021837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indirimlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/10438670280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/24302859204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39bfc8653c39acc2a2354992727cffc6/kefubexeroboxovozapani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c163858a170---50093680309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b2d36b42dfc2d3e252799395f827f16/kumubogedalonejinepufibox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globaltruthmediagroup.com/clients/a/aa/aa8380eac451876ae6ab993bf3a720d6/File/43697661926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c096.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC096 17672 bytes
SHA-256: bbf6e430c8a31a39aaf1e852e1f095aaa373868f20e5328e60d9c50707fbe37d
font_01_sfnt_off0000eea9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000106c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106C0 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 4ae72906a3f94920f3a7574c31b4824dfc18fd9297a93dff50c3f1e933260850