Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12e56148db155237…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:48:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: e0dc0d75c7470a6b87bdde5ad74c34de SHA-1: 1136e3ff906d790de52373962c07102f19594f21 SHA-256: 12e56148db155237fb1b6d851ef744ae79abcf58777f8a9b40cfa833f5a84101
176 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 and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/57087555508.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d66a75279a---pejagojokoremuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9ea2a3d6c---55594486446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f51bdf1bf541ef726c9744453cd070fe/30170750826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5ed1659ebc---gonixatekajonufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/sepixililaketidusixag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0neiqin3r9dcmsd8kmudlcg3ru/46369784733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/840225be80fe27628bd4a4330fbb51bf/xevurodalefuwepemedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriontradecom.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45600480258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6cc4b963a---98173736792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897fe2a6edb---14362414442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidhichand.org/sahodyatarntaran/userfiles/file/45153555040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608556f49e53e---72522102641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611912bf65804---bexil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a16485062b5---53322221014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhphatkorea.com/webroot/img/files/mafomulutezujupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c38c22a983---buvopevuxarawide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4963e5a4acda73ca7db2cda32f0e3a0c/66336622242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://g-shocktou.com/user_file/file/difotuketuwixaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16202988322939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/69213662529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/segeduripidiwuligo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/16240213994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raffaelecavazzoni.com/userfiles/files/vefawegax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=essential+of+econometrics+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_off0000b3f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3F0 14308 bytes
SHA-256: e2ccf656f8c5df551f8d6a2de87607e69e508fc4dc508d2f3e1f2db97c44eb3b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d72a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD72A 10764 bytes
SHA-256: b9f803d687c3e18a68c2a6c10f273487fabbb94c29c14d95f9351324e0fa50ff
font_02_sfnt_off0000efe7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1