Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17526730542888fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:31:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 69e68cce3fd38948dc8e87d5c18e57ca SHA-1: 10653870cc9893bbfa4889f15509138e367ca653 SHA-256: 17526730542888fa6e7dabbb211545c33933d80fe1682f52f7fbd4eec05a5f90
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 0.9988

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 70 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://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i4pot95aha1pg1d5hp27qhanfb/39045237142.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sibirprokat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21075305893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55264373056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03b1a1c317---68490455207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubigroup.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/gepajigevopimazajasati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiahpa.com/flash/files/33839649667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d187b417213---96357027239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://v-lukomorie.com/uploader/files/79606209079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qmhmhplcc57vgq3uootfop3ute/89307880930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rydelko.pl/userfiles/file/zutogimovojosetirenati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074665b215a2---fomevotupemigabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe9c0a4f193---44234320417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44d9511f8bc26c603f907ec8063c7765/25521625324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bantinnhadat.com/users/files/5473477742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161069818bb15a---poboreju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.hk/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210807_610F79E4CC871714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laureysnv.be/uploads/files/90170033845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sbnsh7dfofv4jg4l22p8sqh8k7/52217916396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.truca-taoules.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/70862364635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michelschuurmans.nl/images/uploads/file/42296993004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/734420113e0ad7d319f3fa99329ac00c/difekowepukawosojewaxizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valstybestarnyba.com/upckfinder/files/wedired.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webrekruit.com/php_codes/Scott/VieauAssociates/code/userfiles/file/xewagototat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=farts+smell+sourPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbdbc9bda6---zanonigijijet.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_off0000b95a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB95A 10152 bytes
SHA-256: 1b61a8d0274a3904ac4314a787205e97fbd22b05888feae95f0efa506f49853f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d023.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD023 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e835.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE835 13852 bytes
SHA-256: f4aaea554162bbc4ba7f3434f818b8a12e99d0aa78e434bdac43a56f90a38805