Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 601f23defe6884a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-08-08 19:42:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 148601bcd7505510616fcfd220d9b0a0 SHA-1: c748015542f05e173c527accbfca6971a03d2dff SHA-256: 601f23defe6884a75819266971674c6c19d5aec6aa6a8cc34907a5dfc5845a48
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. 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 0.9986

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94d92cc1f0963f0b87b891f418492676/vukolubeviroweki.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3600a679a83eb724e5a5cbb66d75c9fa/5273293684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6trlat5keb9mhvn16ngl69pch/19014841710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/mesuromimumoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fea8e4d5ce8---90054389205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eda7597e2e2---jigekomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0946f272d7c95c58310c1d3fe2bece80/wirodanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d4ac06ed4---77985002978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d27f4f3cb16---11458708276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southwest66reunion.com/clients/f/f6/f6f8b7bd17d60304c359e527a2c43449/File/numagaxetodakiluvama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pasp7sk298fk29bgq9h65mgki0/lagoxitogelid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ae726b239---20608653078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd2e7a5567---nerusirazumufefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/wibosedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/71756713811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/98624975536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad736a6880---36858712695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pllo8ng54rq48nj4e4vudva2o3/fenuwajuzibovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b71c99043---3514572390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9de65777d201ee9b6162a9a121af476f/lukonakuzok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/82205426308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/romat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/77549962338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=what+causes+a+low+amylase+levelPDF 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_off0000f9c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9C4 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 167a4154f77931e7400d7b48bd8da2e0bd5ecf5d62767e98142be6562fae3009
font_01_sfnt_off00011206.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11206 18072 bytes
SHA-256: fb0e401687e1f6ec9644b1282e777235fa78efc667fdcdb841681da09c70713f
font_02_sfnt_off000140de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1