Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3adac8ec80d37512…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-26 09:10:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 47a09fce6e11327db5f9995bc1c86bab SHA-1: b7c15081cf9b71fc2712e907321392984a4f77ef SHA-256: 3adac8ec80d375122eaf33a4e1fe3ffeae5871fb8ae6891814f172daa9bf3ad2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was identified as a phishing lure due to its structure resembling a screenshot and containing numerous links to external sites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to direct users to further malicious content or downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 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://alicantea.centralcms.cloud/galeria/files/8140869740.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://feldmann-spedition.de/pics/userfiles/file/61876181130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmarcofaedi.com/userfiles/files/bizukawikizajutukixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minisadik-margaritka.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luxajisavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/62290156013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f02fc2f319---fopupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crcnueva.naturasoftware.com/uploads/images/files/bazuximokutavepovisiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://affectif.ro/data/Image/file/71364412535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viethanit.vn/hinhanh/file/9256021235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bcslaw.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/48653927302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoadondientu-ptp.vn/images/ckeditor/files/pugip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madhubanindiancuisine.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/peragamegabijowega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64249839242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/pibifiwerupipexan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watchimport.eu/userfiles/file/litidolugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db978d6cf506855d20d396fc213b816a/fubireziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designmaster.in/scgtest/eec-new/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/medabenapuligutigapuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kripasec.com/userfiles/file/jufavokoxumigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legyenegyjonapod.hu/userfiles/files/nepexemowovevusarebuxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147a5fdca815---67622023106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leadercaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67012909261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/tasepomejeritesanadare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aallergy.netlovestories.com/upload/files/sajazameripuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myclubowners.com/userfiles/files/29349340391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/62349881758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=nfs+shift+download+androidPDF 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_off0000b3b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3B0 14340 bytes
SHA-256: ae1fc157e207a3a4e28b4c2d8b434db51d619f215eafa765714252767af14b19
font_01_sfnt_off0000d75d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD75D 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 984b90af23d917d85a40eb15e75c278cae7640f53d7967d551ca04fa42684469
font_02_sfnt_off0000eecf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEECF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1