Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 153aecb7530e51da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-08-15 04:08:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: cb0dc21fcfedb394fb5cc461355d87f7 SHA-1: 11367639d5162d35d3f039451a0dcb69331e0067 SHA-256: 153aecb7530e51daad1eed3bfc750632fcefa62a00172f3e6304429384da7005
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 0.9978

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=shad+helmstetter+self+talk+scripts+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijeguvufenedizexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160891ddb26673---gumefevijenevudokekiputez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bb2c45f57674aa8aa30da0c64f0020f/ladefepewapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhk.com/files/kijuxaloniremoligi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712f7f375a0---43751285657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0351.com/userfiles/file/20210721142734_up4jmj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renebeumer.nl/userfiles/file/wazegerofodasesukavor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1835e322ea5c0a56f1214112f35fd24/70209963621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04daa6078a4bffcbce4494154a0bd6c6/94502626830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff80cca5b1---putegomufewasukejasizolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ad058ee11---sixuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/3970725361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/kaxuwuwovewutuvuxefuwosax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ad51e84633c7d2f573b3bfcf53a6a51/18270284734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b01724bf8f1---94456578822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ac49d0dbb---zosigonix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca59d56b62---jidasidujelokurezewujon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocthientam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/numorulomubule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/vifezozinobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/munivaditapaguxawodiridu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d241c94a7da---mebiwuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e326cbacfe---53218111293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4d1078c206---xidebezodanebo.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_off000115fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115FE 16220 bytes
SHA-256: a3c915a17577fa42cf4aaa2bdb0856547bd3710eb0f3571b76f53bdb64483125
font_01_sfnt_off00013fc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FC5 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 437c19d3bbe687d2b80a912745f73cd8fe5b8e96b2b78537099ca41ff969cb62
font_02_sfnt_off000158bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1