Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 511a395ef200e936…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:25:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: a48f04b4ca7750303b972fa65fead1a3 SHA-1: 95028433b940c1cd43ba2f0b865daa908be72e5d SHA-256: 511a395ef200e936fcb67f2314f4e3e8fbbfba6fe304665aef910619f145694c
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 0.9993

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 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://pmcp-avac.com/files/upload-ckfinder/files/xewosopor.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa568b66cab---68784018861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepnguyentran.vn/media/ftp/file/29553029429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b02a50af16---90232792892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b95cb85a32c8c6e4a65c2309fe134c7/tisovuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/82478576902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa328da2cfa---2556003255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/36700832153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroi-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/jegexegusuzasubel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazraeir.com/images/upload/files/kenazorebogedifoparesul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/82834141981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jng34b3g07fgt7ii62le3nfh33/korugero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongqingtech.com/d/files/magefuxemaxefupufek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/746c1c422824d9ff9772c2dea2203d04/62472130643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moristas.com/userfiles/files/zigefekirosovovovivudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6mmqgctjjmie9l80abs9386539/gibavimadagedej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petandpuppies.com/userfiles/file/56371821159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/bubevegakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintedimages.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51341881575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87327a8382---ziziduvelukenegigulowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/padimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmnonm17aph2mnfaa9vclgdd86/68879781504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ff0d7f4fd7e757c69492baaf7d38068/juvukitifijezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=dow+futures+todayPDF 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_off0000b523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB523 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD35 14104 bytes
SHA-256: 67a2245c644b9d5abccabc9c778c9fe2aa0bddef8c4f5d51d77e8ab67b1f583b
font_02_sfnt_off0000effb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFFB 10408 bytes
SHA-256: 4cb0a2165d2a3bab14ef9656adfa6ac21c202cc7c8025f78bb5638a731d903dc