Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 568f4828d04220b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-08-16 21:01:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 12ac50ddef4e0365989f9d434605a4ff SHA-1: 576ea01b2a818c1de7f4e53b3dfaa7f539961962 SHA-256: 568f4828d04220b5e9b590d0ad7bbe39d05119fdeeabb64a8927826e0ecf1904
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

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 presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/wosaremifowe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b574e3769e9---norinunusaxasoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/duwawafasalamikusivuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livingkaneohe.com/userimages/16991165831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1o6cdtu59g90790d6kjd8iaia5/xobuxejobeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947b64db376---49216401814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/zirupujigaxewilalilatili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/jafofiwaguril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/287b3ed336ab5548e5a1f287d210fbe9/22711731209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alcera.ca/userfiles/file/kujepakut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/207b0f4d42df96d43353433674f1b242/dovefesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/zibutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasudaihocsupham.com/Images_upload/files/42517018113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/velodawoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/15484314159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1984wnhs.com/clients/2/25/250e0aaa51dad033202e6c34d8602b4d/File/babadidigidirunarewuvij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1610e49a1322b1---negivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bcef82df1735e8ad97eca099bf082d1/53238749671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/53812498318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b81ef4e4e6e---24532363344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/bufabixuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuminhtam.com/Images_upload/files/45049523294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073484800912---rowipanuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/xodirivid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=pewdiepie+minecraft+world+download+pocket+editionPDF 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_off000111a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111A6 17940 bytes
SHA-256: 3e03b2b250f35f2d112bcc67a427f08bf785cf406e5cc8b294ca36e24868ab32
font_01_sfnt_off000140de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140DE 10792 bytes
SHA-256: f67376fd6a72286a534c33995772bf1872aa3458d506ec38ec54010bf70fa410
font_02_sfnt_off000159be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1