Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 567136e6bd42c77a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-07-14 06:53:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: fb823e47604549380d014729065db91e SHA-1: 9682d5613b5682a8b1c01bd41362d3d460edf46a SHA-256: 567136e6bd42c77a3ed88564b74d61a691ba4f7a6165d0d710d58083cee6f4a9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a password-protected-archive lure. 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 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+read+pdf+files+on+windows+7 PDF link annotation
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef744f0c4f---zutebit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8efcd37f42---mijoforulegipapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laptoptranganh.com/data/dulieu/files/kidefinejufuwojumulaxajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xijegaditefizirinamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9c814def0---4623190282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ea8295a4093f6a6fb45d32df6310686/41102489390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fafa1a74adea485fb0666fb50d58137/jefazosopefabufago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rintrans.com/files/87691717614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b46a03f8fa719fe38b3eec9be37e57c/72486768788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4943d110f---netemuwona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fb910e0e765ec88078fd7c1aa1a39cb/dimaxovaliwagunijano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/359boq9t96hsdslm7vcpppon4i/mirevavoked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b143b971c9b---81100812303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.es/d/files/lefexarukedumumolerawubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wendi101.com/userfiles/file/67866950203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/18843096748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.it/upload/25304642380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efn02v96s89vvnh5ktppuhank0/mesikamezeletuteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9880c2e70f---rikalezizagewawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1cb0c66c8---totepoxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c459d7316a0---juxelenumulebavixag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cooperspick.com/files/namogizidavojoxibufid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sfdi270gmgldrquip84af3aeps/17563994233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088bdb26c13c---xitajateravadodadulila.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_off0000e4c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4C6 16868 bytes
SHA-256: 196231166475aa0c72d59b36a41985f9ba109b0a15c2bd8e78eb47f85d3c9ab5
font_01_sfnt_off000110e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110E2 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 121dc1676e47ecb708fa43d248a10f8bc112c5e835da3b84b7b58792241f2529
font_02_sfnt_off0001294c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1294C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1