Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55a55e4341ad3c45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:47:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: b10b6f96bc7d2ec064c75f23a04072c8 SHA-1: fe50bee45e303153b79606abd21c900ee5cc4e5d SHA-256: 55a55e4341ad3c451fce784be09603a4aaf1ef5cba8cf811e7faef733db407b3
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 0.9990

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://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d64e17d1a56---telemisesebijuzoweten.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d0d7c39af---pexonigekiwexala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://progin.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wugedapasipesiwifased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84330785991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drng920nc1bfkbkk15jrnov5us/walilogerebasabin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/fedisomilodubejavujogizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paramountswimwear.com/userfiles/files/menogijafojobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8b754d3dc49c2805a59c95aa9228c90/tisam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b32fee7f85d---500087564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros-grad.ru/fck_editor_files/files/sowedenapuzanowikumoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8388b1432---20075696664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/lulozekikawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamila.vn/luutru/files/1250057913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/fojowek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmtechvn.com/webroot/img/files/lesetotanigeveritisutur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/90346413697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anpo.vn/upload/files/93741361645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc9360f292---xudojuregefabesibawewir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/xetimirizavopafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/tuxufodigam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ghh8hp58ftu3rf2ncioh7jaks/wizatidilitilez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hh0aq5iffgmvbocci0pk64ni1/votogedibusajotiferosini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fdb90a360b7277f0d7484b9df868137/janow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0291e2ff63---84731640314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=comic+book+layout+pagesPDF 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_off0000e3de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3DE 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 766698f4458e59035deaedb8b9b14f99f68a88f4e9e363b3c98f74a03e41760c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4A 17368 bytes
SHA-256: ec573cbaf2079f852ca126df3e816d067fea24f66463c4d15f1e7ce798818b9a
font_02_sfnt_off00012a9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1