Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 565a18c017e722ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 08:58:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 7f48326dd0aea88188bc6c744bc749f0 SHA-1: addb10b7c0da9f6d5efa4ed6b74ddec4c986b3bb SHA-256: 565a18c017e722efa63b0534ed5c72b98586798a5cc68ce5907b399db20cb64f
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 0.9947

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 0 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 http://a-xian-coat.com/uploads/files/202109060441493335.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wildnaturetravel.com/File/10105727887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinaarc.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lesafisatiletewalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceroki.com/image/files/vikagisetezarenopiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marklaliberte.com/fckupload/file/wolemaxuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/gozemuzesagegukedexovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leeandrewdavison.com/download/51457406838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dc254e5eff449445ec4fe7b6098de10/naramivameruwonof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futimisdev.com/userfiles/file/50470973493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161331274b74e3---jimajolojopazitifuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.de/userfiles/file/28816188614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130ffed02dcd---pefunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eric-parnes.shortex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/samubilula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gpe-el.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77049778690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empresa-venta.hr/files/mikesexinut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eniedu.com/data/file/20210902085814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antichigelsi.it/userfiles/files/besuxawivalupejabefoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-cities.com/blog_images/blog_/file/10205700414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613170ebc5781---ditopoxuboral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac1920d706---87205093111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vs4ev9f11jd2cldl0ksjp8t1g2/55463732306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/wefukuxolowara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolepintozzi.it/userfiles/files/58477522827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediedil.eu/userfiles/files/tosumezisifeloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://98ing.com/upload/ck/files/20210902_233842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=mathematics+textbook+pdfPDF 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_off0000b344.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB344 10964 bytes
SHA-256: fc05cbfd7dc8601b938923a61e99947df93834da881a0fcf3922f98109d53e54
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC88 14084 bytes
SHA-256: 078bfdfa48f371114d59f07e5543f16c4d3b0de7f35eccb1fac0b7d72ff54cb2
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1