Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1499ccd90763cac3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:49:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 4f9ced18c984390be7183e1f6f76b07a SHA-1: 45c592de0d27c74ea389d4621086152ee8dcf90c SHA-256: 1499ccd90763cac305438d198e79b1afcb5f66e806631039b9e95922a6eb01b4
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 0.9956

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
  • 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 68 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://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f340c2675b---86021758235.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nature-revive.org/files/file/86075275460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70ccgvjmg16976sg4reejih3r7/rodisalesol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6a33ef130---85909325907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/sevenejaralunemijatimem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/lobapugaxuworolepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makeswebsites.com/clients/c/c8/c8c605999f3d8352d7bb792cf3fdb25b/File/nepufujojebopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absoluteanytime.com/media_file/files/files/wezili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/14259844940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gexomabewoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/vokexagexaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/070a7e7c4dfd79a2b7b98d85152f38d1/paruzinolavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.truca-taoules.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/22521521140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab7a463e829---54520182949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhiinverter.com/media/ftp/file/50631179495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/pulejek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/52563380289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/tifizanorevapajeriwubulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/marosumefewuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piri-piri.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zomaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b6e79d34f---pusilusagowafupewoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8r18f5oaa8merrdqcgq0ac3rvc/jegozisinibuvopiwene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e978488cd---51652788809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=further+mathematics+a+level+notes+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_off0000b136.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB136 11028 bytes
SHA-256: bb5cff886af73b9df1e2b5836c7ed1a9e84ec2c787fa1ccb765f7a77c2b2d221
font_01_sfnt_off0000caae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAAE 14068 bytes
SHA-256: 63d864c8fb92d4a7e8767eb3362374323b8c88d00e4c4780f82cf17d16212d45
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED53 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1