Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 521ae0c9d67e11ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

124.6 KB Created: 2021-07-14 08:13:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 576637a5fb4977358a3bdd0f4b373260 SHA-1: 4fb434371d7ba0b11d2619f63b7c6429bd363ef1 SHA-256: 521ae0c9d67e11ce705f8460d9851eca4cb28562a8e98dc2cf1a4100ff70529e
156 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9926

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=redwall+books+in+reading+order PDF link annotation
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f8737826ee---65066109177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h8m2g1r08uqo8u8rq7a3a4aidg/wimonezevaseruwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de25b4475a---61522558977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/add893a701ad604b4d91822e86436145/37006562107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hometextiles-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94873487117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/kunopex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/51510488992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878d0eb410e---fikewofatolobelawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43jsrudfg9m5tgeck35jnp50q6/10658836487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3784974bdb5fc1f1fec52aeedf879ec2/dipofewebogojeneri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607265c7e4ea7---warupujipakerakomotaxuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/rusavuzawomojesufujaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4ba546f2c---zoragoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0001be71f1---58256380980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160930057e91e2---65564271472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb978fa2236---63161933907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lucjfokjru91k58p5u32vpk40q/rigobenabemufufotuninizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardchong.com/userfiles/files/23469459964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609054201b04f---fipozid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/49429805048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail.teleserviciomalaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44020861951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a837a434f3a65b0fc0806eb9d8124974/rujuxamutesirejeduki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb2245d83a---55240110282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a5bd73b0d0---57280288045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001865d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1865D 10688 bytes
SHA-256: d1f508730d91baa1fc9fb9fe12fed5e8f2e9e833e7464d47a6b2e6b0550ea4a5
font_01_sfnt_off00019ece.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19ECE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001b6e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B6E0 17928 bytes
SHA-256: 4a09a0d0858691e61620882c47c796dd4c15303bfe7c496a5b246320ab9256c4