Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 266d5c0640566369…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-07-31 05:15:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 841ccb35003104fc10a89fda358cc209 SHA-1: 002df0922a8b45e23292e8694d2595c361669995 SHA-256: 266d5c0640566369275c29980e27166270812b0bb34c6c5dfdd41c2d1b09e6e8
196 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/75208168364.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da6b6165320658a3722ca0762015d3a8/poxesozejapofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/voaqbnp1l7pgc2g2c7hgjvgujh/gizezilofemaguxotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/xafud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakem.org/userfiles/files/zuzovanusuzoxavevapero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4a24ec8087dec63365a64165d27b705/22637817784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/10413715020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cba60.com/clients/6/6c/6c2dd71b6188bc8e8f5adc6209c6f86c/File/vukagiwudupejedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5a.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6052247080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--mgbaf4adbs1bd2i.net/upload/ckfinder/files/wurulifuzozozedagipoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canphantich.net/Images_upload/files/92887214757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948414c2f6b---tarusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/zosejatobobun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608893bb6c404---zusawoxefigukadefap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6636c00e0a710e74f700f6327d620387/kadifezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humicdp.com/uploads/2021-07-15/images/files/jufibuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-grafik.de/userfiles/file/xadugojunabaxiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sehs67.com/clients/e/e0/e078d4d0076166a7bb489ca3b3a583ab/File/kexavavekobipemukifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/domuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/598bf0d933f38404da18734a23547212/tojizatemogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/zarebawubovizuzafefugeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesen-und-schenken.de/userfiles/files/30904105378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yds-wcv.jp/free_images/files/getikegemiwokuzizuwofagur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=best+hindi+music+ringtonePDF 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_off00011e35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E35 17408 bytes
SHA-256: e8b3a06a2d260483d2623a75187ea8b2f23a6dc05dc98a20406d095cea362cde
font_01_sfnt_off00014bd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000163ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163EA 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 9aa1305ba84a17087776618b9e586a3daf6cd78178609715581b1a3736e3b86f