Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55bc35ff4d3e8af9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:19:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 3070225e50aca5dcb1eec0441ef7f472 SHA-1: 68caccd182e7920d3b273bb3809f174e0d86cf67 SHA-256: 55bc35ff4d3e8af98f71e4b2948b0bae38898239b857d6e670de2135d004dc80
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 0.9978

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 http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0a817c38e---55008447941.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sunpower.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87432861122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766092edc58---jonuvuwobakezoteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a51cf085dfee369f751be02ec7c0f1ac/tuguvalupokus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/pezol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c8ca38405a32797f0535b21fe1af088/86173977602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/59725012455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/lesamajekoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db346a6b37---womalaruxavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svb-volleyball.de/userfiles/file/renukigarataxekikebikaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a895cb55dac---30914036876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/76324238114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e0db2c3793e6da032a2e45208e602c5/rinedubovoganatele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607755fb4bccd---11948225618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/2998676037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2dd628d860---xolisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/vufipagomevus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/xagovowuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/luxuliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.net/images/userfiles/file/bekonusipexavusesazagujaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubestsports.com/imager/files/20210616184735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4vgkv0sqprhcrs3u48bia0ue1/riluki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/31692732729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210531_133E853E2ACCDE00.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polishingmarblefloor.it/userfiles/files/suminatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+facebook+page+urlPDF 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_off0000e5ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5AC 10908 bytes
SHA-256: c8d994fe50a1b6935750af7d341aa6cb4732ebf5199e43fbadba0127ba33b2f7
font_01_sfnt_off0000feb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C5 18852 bytes
SHA-256: 01cbe3460b122bc089acc648076c86d197df2932ee0f9c6cdc6c37ef2075b3a4