Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 253e5069a7f391cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:04:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 4453b50427a1451bb861c0960d61fafd SHA-1: 8632ec48350711401b460bb6d2e43434b69f0f80 SHA-256: 253e5069a7f391cbd3eb8b582523701b5d4fc08c25f322438189fdfd54619f48
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9786

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609793e284482---zopojifagovugor.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dad3974c8d1---wokamigibibomisovafoguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/th0sp0dte241uqssaq4mudo61d/69117341464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artedeeducar.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wobozidef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vad2dve9a03bsvv435k1o2skcb/xumizowimafusitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinamex.info/uploads/news_file/33651368058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/9905807267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c575929dfc---40316709891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/balazufivafuxikokuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/zodibasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satuldelut.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxomow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epodhajska.eu/UserFiles/File/nefufojoviterax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610fe2595d71f---dagajinabefikuluxatumemek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd3fe7100f---gikezemaxuxanagaweteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gomientrung.vn/uploads/image/files/95167487145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jacksonreunion.org/clients/71346/File/segiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/jeriterinufijeduxalotamut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/mixotud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuilder.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jozexatapadusuvupuxaninu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sddshchb.com/userfiles/file/Fl202108021431585187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellerisland.com/files/20657413640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079160f3293f---nirudalipebofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8bc86a5c2---xabazomilaxatugujalatenob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/73747429223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/xuvitimufemivapetana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/dufopibomafogoxewabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=guangzhou+metro+map+pdf+2018PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off00014b1d.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x14B1D 16452 bytes
SHA-256: e203dcd6b8d5225eb3647be05e3033377d4d1c40291cbc923550bd501d5f1a56
font_00_sfnt_off0000da70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA70 11340 bytes
SHA-256: 2d75d5ef9b824445e901517f2ae3542c933fa0f5cdb0bbfada84349587ef68b8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DE 23708 bytes
SHA-256: da5008fa6b4856fcc15734c098e835583a6a5fb16e3abfdc688d52a65156589b
font_02_sfnt_off0001330c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1330C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1