Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 233050ea55141267…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 07:23:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 739f11f5555a09fb87b9b8254676da87 SHA-1: 9549846705719ead5ab0d07018fd5ee45d1247d2 SHA-256: 233050ea551412677656723eb04d7f7ffe168a7645b6890cf875e7fdb7c5c4a9
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF employs an image-only lure, a common tactic to trick users into interacting with embedded links. Multiple heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 2 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 https://thietbivesinhsonhoa.com/webroot/img/files/98116138558.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://huerural.com/uploads/image/files/fipolosasejutopenaxipoluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airelimpio.mx/img/editor/file/13996206604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/87820407999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613936bb4db37---23863191583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giovanninociti.com/userfiles/files/zewolokol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncltandatbar.com/home/ncltandat/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69081356817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziazsauto.com/uploads/files/gegodewepevinutuvoniko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/zuwajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/53919599119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e7978eb4f5---mekituwirefiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doina.md/fckeditorfiles/file/zijobajaxifug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jewelry-shopping-city.com/uploads/files/202109071534399559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613888ad19c4c---jerizerux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiwavn.com/uploads/image/files/daxuwopimufuvezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130082807428---35465242148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/kawofinogoketagoxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertravel.hu/_user/file/melapejasuxibetof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/vugolupajuvogate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dfdtrading.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8852060668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fce22e9e8e50f1c1f57e5cca47d06d88/62576127716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/potarekiwuvopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaodantanthaison.com/Images_upload/files/mowoderirisajosaxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+download+for+android+free+full+version+pcPDF 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_off0000b204.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB204 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 84a328bc9ed4bc5b9a96bde563dfb0747f4afe6d8d6c71bcef332085fa74d936
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBF7 14348 bytes
SHA-256: 2819cec6da799787e56b8dfe5f5c032cf8bf8cfe5c6f2f7f40e217e58a01b462
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1