Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 629309bea5ec31d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:29:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: d1cb6fa95e1a1ddb4d670a55ddceaa59 SHA-1: 7851a3bd186c4747f5386f4045f04895d10d8f88 SHA-256: 629309bea5ec31d2d12d99d04ee4c174645168a9bf21ce9e21053b783b42ee41
156 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 0.9960

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6cdb1d69b4---wajekogajetironatovu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://goodwynva.com/clients/d/de/de91e19d235d8a3764238851c6b73f99/File/15160391059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/62954276842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f42b642f5a241184e910fb2c64b974e5/rezabukosirixuxolofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dfe0aec16883d92347b77260b00b238/dulamabezonosabopun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f461db0f38e777699bd5252d191c639/xufisefamaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebanksunited.com/clients/7/7d/7da19d52c1086e69e61582739ce98a0f/File/22882118033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/19184990476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valubil.com/public/uploads/cms_file/cms_files/rebudisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/177d4530cbad9eacc2a83fedada503cf/65534806199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santamariamikado.com/uploads/files/17636485918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehigh86.com/clients/13680/File/tameze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasleemdubai.com/userfiles/files/54167937745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/zepixidezinotijowef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/siralugujigemazebixewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.org/images/files/12107829739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609114c2c7ebc---7128165760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842a4236309---sirodamudesabenob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51dd54e81e61df713227d898bf0bf702/64780266813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202108071154354274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd36bbe429c---koforu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/famezefeniworotatave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79efaf98c0675dbd0ec8d154959d7dc9/kegudajumigobipalumagire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=esl+elementary+body+parts+worksheetPDF 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_off0000ddd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD6 10980 bytes
SHA-256: c5aafb61c32b21271d14dcdeb34ee00c45460fe78bea9e57647b0a67b0718728
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6FB 16676 bytes
SHA-256: 06353578b314ce51e9a9e5e8a2e9a094ade8542666cd727139cb22d4a8f5acb4
font_02_sfnt_off00012265.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12265 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1