Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b0150fa544c15ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-10-11 15:53:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 470dd7da396874fd7639a47711a749c8 SHA-1: 9798e0e9d871ae737383ea0bf343949d662d3d0f SHA-256: 5b0150fa544c15aca30cd4db0dec18ac63538672b347d42e26f8d8b92eee78b2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and embedded action trigger, typical of a screenshot attack. It contains a large number of links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious classification.

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
  • 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 68 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 https://www.ebenisterie-burette.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21255087372.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e5b9f89530---46297921506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/wofobevurinokoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtosfera28.ru/userfiles/file/rikorividifedotani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudoku-cool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32499568372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb90d3acb228a4e841c00544036dc071/35769293877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/446864b43512243f6e6533155491da97/69234524710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/dasibukesisazagozifow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5e6pi60160trcagpfjalsiipq/84311322575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah168.com/contents/files/gosob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutscher-customs.de/gfx/userfiles/files/sidirinaguvizosiwagum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologyforeverybody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/medusumoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/muzezubanipalaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseowon.com/ckupload/files/58712385474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joltiy.ru/uploads/files/bopupopawub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31685f42eb994d7f81a96b43e6220a20/nikopoxobogaperibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadingedgecorporate.com/user_images/file/13980240875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ra7a7p-h3ba7.com/contents/files/68124784143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hypotekaprezamestnancov.sk/res/file/55453563382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/kanataluku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10459446236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-familienanzeigen.de/cms/files/4208912983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaaaikdebj9ccf1ayja1b5a3q.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guboramovukemurozokaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motivationandmomentum.net/ci/userfiles/files/repugilos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/1hHberoKktI/uplcv?utm_term=ventricular+systole+on+ecgPDF 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_off0000b26c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB26C 13732 bytes
SHA-256: 01bd7ab5763e6eac48303d0c718940bd4500222db029ba19feb827809ca4831f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d436.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD436 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 4e51905c44f9e2e3d93649fa33e810a001fce4b41300df53f1254c4790175e7d
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1