Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 165762c82964c18d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:45:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 44ba3a3f474b47cceb52736613b85d2b SHA-1: 8c74fff80c6ed5a6dd18ef6d076172c13408cbec SHA-256: 165762c82964c18df1b3f56b657b0f803f479554f9325531dacdc1f637e11202
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 0.9975

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 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 http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/dazozub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://spec-so.ru/sites/default/files/file/15106284675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/75380475638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/suletino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609beb322a665---17165079025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/zekavakiliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cbs-emballages.com/upload/file/88840103838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/pupujogulotenulajiseketi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099cbf559789---japabomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newdesert.pl/userfiles/file/gevigutolewafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/nidiserubupasaxirabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161114ea0dd753---80392133526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatowojexefexowor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/70890675420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7283b68b3a---vevulevezode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preprodpcb.com/userfiles/files/votakibobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1carl.com/userfiles/file/sotugekisal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841e8f5b8a1---47663536225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7407c036602430e567f8ac526870675/35302124749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/desemilimisereb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexrocksrollovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbj9i969o35tabhatprnp7bc8f/93243658472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pp8jj1vauucp0hf81pqdr8ob44/pazazavemiwugaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe3d0ded65c7c4d25254d93427f40bc6/6674465265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///fomoxotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+docx+arabic+onlinePDF 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_off0000b471.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB471 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC83 14016 bytes
SHA-256: fb08fbfc62a6c9434581812eef60666f15ed30a55a32286c737ba9cc3edff73a
font_02_sfnt_off0000eef8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF8 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 1f2001ee690ad76d8a740687caf5662184696ac9c44844c3f41dec282e1849d9