Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 298fad31431d4760…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.8 KB Created: 2021-09-29 14:54:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c2a5e6a3b2bc6d9b1ee148cafa738a4b SHA-1: 447963ea849f0f051bbf6b0fa47f3904923351e2 SHA-256: 298fad31431d476010be730382f0af7ad7470035db8ebe1f5f5138dca15c4c49
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as a phishing lure due to its structure, which includes a screenshot image and external links. The heuristics indicate it's designed to trick users into clicking through to a compromised WordPress site. The presence of multiple links to potentially compromised CMS uploads suggests a distribution mechanism for further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 67 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 http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2uto19dn2ud5ncq5sro1hl4l6/pugogu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e4cb5395bd---gekugobuguremarawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fioredda.com/userfiles/files/fafazetakarupuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/24693524713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614fa9222d33c---72147239068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flamefitnessstudio.com/cewit/images/file/83449538077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generoussecurity.com/uploads/75902788810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14584c319965bf89df6bd8b66fb25dd0/vatewomufilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareprogram.org/images/file/14457877978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83db1cbf3b73ba47a8e4ad7d2e4781ba/pomovowiwuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourownadviser.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59018132448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metalltechnik-kutschi.at/podorepafokijupisakoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/010c660788d4b9a71201a762c6dba41c/9029168452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegmsbihta.eruditiontech.com/userfiles/file/77373457567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olgapolyakova.com/files/files/1726061188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamwn.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/sakodexebune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winfielddeli.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobesomirisevuxarizudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354b85a49c9---56138145935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betsin.org/userfiles/files/nutuxasakulatatoduduwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/userfiles/file/tamarigejixatodukej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liluby.com/upload/file/zisazuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gabrielamaciel.net/images/content/file/22611172852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpjseah.news-read.com/upload/files/94343579533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=skater+apk+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000aee1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6F3 14064 bytes
SHA-256: 02ccf0cefbe6e9e6a90e4964141bbe98f68dda8afeaad18065b1be28fe4f553c
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA2E 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 86055481693bcc11f0ff79cbc324ace22724d03cfaa6a6d9772f22873f03d531