Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e8ecc138d87efc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-07-14 00:04:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 26e3db2fdf9b542cc5df153584012e78 SHA-1: 2e8e3acf9b7222a7695e444e718ded1b2fa147a2 SHA-256: 1e8ecc138d87efc2da86d72e53a23bd16d1e79a42bc58bcf64aeb7c26f299baf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm and a brand-impersonation credential phishing lure, specifically impersonating Apple. The embedded links point to various domains, likely serving as a distribution mechanism for the phishing content.

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
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=litotes+in+poetry.
  • 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://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/94461599837.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://closehorses.com/userfiles/file/tuxokaditudakapepasib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casentinoshopping.it/file/16733471352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae4d286a3dd---zaliwogesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sure2trips.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/gerimegufapukuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/pegikirusitozuxuledaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-18/20210518013255304219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/wojuzumurakowun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06bfc37d8b60f8ccfb3786a795919e79/bokatopujofamuligotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d435525adab---17872272662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097dc0251a29---nisutuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/lajujefitimigizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/12229557111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lutechmed.com/Images_upload/files/53861704956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.proctoloji.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607591edd5c67---zojevodinepurizufagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff471c2774---webupepiposiwozis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71c2695b719966b3391ab6947ef1baaa/66002494384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wajogivex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/gukojalonalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/jixoditozarakemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acp-luxusingatlanok.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23768520416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0b12b1184---xojozodovifinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=litotes+in+poetryPDF 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_off00010919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10919 10108 bytes
SHA-256: fbe852ae6cbace2faba75f8afb736c59a844a119e677d5ab3d2b5b1621e4ee32
font_01_sfnt_off00011fd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000137e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137E3 16684 bytes
SHA-256: a1f6690bc89e5b5c00d8462a01165bbf1aff7cff028b95ef1bdd18f1b6d6ad2c