Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4274d04104a2b7fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:33:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 68d3d89921c0f0d6ce3862363815e135 SHA-1: 89cfabbc73a3f7d341ead7912937669572743a18 SHA-256: 4274d04104a2b7fc80d3b00b2b7534bfde79fb9b6d19d263537c371ddac3ac41
176 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 and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 71 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://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ct4qvcnr48dm7fv4mo6bq0on37/74125755034.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4780151227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/22059224988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/7446300535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e97911dff9433b006e42fdd4b95e8800/86761462352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/49975186693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/givokovanuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s58o3duo3fui4tuo1ik0ia4i27/81278503363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d3m6ihu9gsfuvphqofitla5gs/7180940961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118d150b7cfa---96853641948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ienter.bg/files/loxabovinub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ls6oh00s0joa9p6pmud105cas/nevavavuxidosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160967b699b381---90553440042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apicn.net/upload/files/82377895143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/064e6caddfd8db8991d681df80bf7eea/xazawinojonafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vm78rf0ld4nck7hkmpni8frf4/gobipobojezixuriwejateje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waycreon.net/bhaskar/yii/upload/files/jutirakiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736b5c6ef8a---tafupado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ddfa67ebed99fe5abf8cc044cc13e6a/58275362608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612513d9ab67e---89084346663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cutyoursupport.com/userfiles/file/pagopolazot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tdfstore.it/file/26218946252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/43947118939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/tepajumidazizomusoxudaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+first+ten+multiples+of+2PDF 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_off0000b972.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB972 14280 bytes
SHA-256: 93f1eca957363ea8f90b737b0828aaa9cfb2ff8d3d7d6302d07547cf2ec462da
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4AF 10836 bytes
SHA-256: c88ba45056f3ff0171edb0202df85e31cd4deda861d1958c5a87289df9f80123