Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 154f4b157db9d33a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-08-04 21:50:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: a0fd59ad0dd7e90eb7efde8a62922afe SHA-1: 759b7161f9e4cb067cdbb2ae383ebd80d58a4ba3 SHA-256: 154f4b157db9d33ab21ec0972c8d0c3904ccd508d962ce610a9a97e6ee8354c4
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by 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 0.9936

Heuristics 6

  • 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 73 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=estadistica+para+administracion+y+economia+levin+7ma+edici%C3%B3n PDF link annotation
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mvoctgrofin3s1cgh73f8trto0/613945580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210617184924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/segejuvapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca9fe21e76---73609876020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/48142080522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4f04f4f01ef4dd46f2995ef1a656a48/26252509853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d3cb6e3506aba4f17960e7986f5f334/41920716078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ab2a7702ebb9fc5a68c11195ecef8d5/puvemuwugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/grksbr3fhqroldprml4llq6m3g/99462315570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/80838194461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam.com/contents//files/diletagebataxuxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegibbsfamilyreunion.com/clients/d/d9/d929505c7faf6263097cc97620c39d65/File/69079552047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aal.tw/uploads/htmlupload/files/62058703039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/68968805354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garystrike.com/clients/3/30/301ae0ed988f9237e4cb8f8c41f6cb36/File/pefosojuxuguzewawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/10959211243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/kowudixid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/72700801122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liluvenujukurajuditek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ba34cb228---97377323549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/346f3e10fa6d7f7150fedbd53ab991f1/57704806132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4645c399a---29583209033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/45962114586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunghoangthanh.com/img_duhoc/files/59699333778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778f7211401---najojatitisupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/sexumivituzot.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_off0000c0cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8E4 11028 bytes
SHA-256: d90694290413790ee1e60069cf348a42a43901ddf2de5b6801616deef36385ea
font_02_sfnt_off0000f257.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF257 13848 bytes
SHA-256: 9c88fb960737e254a4776aab305a67e822407f97cc220bbd85c4208a5d5fd8c0