Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 441d59782e39d4ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:30:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 71b7c3260d014e9aebabdf6dedf8e016 SHA-1: 2e0608d85cb170c6141dac620d4cf4b0a2ae3177 SHA-256: 441d59782e39d4effdcaa389553b9385f2d30fe9e0cc2a581b5d8edac03de47a
184 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, contains embedded JavaScript 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 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 68 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/82170408808.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://occahomesearch.com/userfiles/files/semiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestsearch.in/admin/uploads/file/soxuxilataferexuzumepulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6c916adf19---51567536900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smgbid.com/ckfinder_userfiles/files/66998362673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaiminsales.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20211720074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cauthinh.com/luutru/files/godarujetalitukugagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sehs67.com/clients/e/e0/e078d4d0076166a7bb489ca3b3a583ab/File/65336966118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d9aaa13ab---lonemumolupazame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangcar.com/app/webroot/upload/files/4079875279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szwygs.com/upload/57865223509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c2cc256ed---bokiwepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://producedepot.us/userfiles/files/dukejulafepenolavifujel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wrd13.com/force/file/87426709931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9y.bfage.com/upload/files/20210901035253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/zeremuzubodelogep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/jidofemuzefojilexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xenagogitejujak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hvpeds.com/upload/contents/file/48893090276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belv.ru/userfiles/file/388543708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polloricowings.com/uploads/files/77315695903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podiummagazinenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13928303911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210501103435688447ie6u23.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=cursive+writing+chart+printable+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000ae88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c69f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC69F 11168 bytes
SHA-256: e068838cec459ab88d143ddab05a3ff9d627eaef95ed79ef0ca4e516e260fb48
font_02_sfnt_off0000e08c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE08C 14684 bytes
SHA-256: 8aee72080d4420c76976b585181c72b0c46d5402070a84d555e2b50a66f0fcb9