Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69434c218a89b253…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-08-27 15:11:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: a37ecaa7fb0a4d33a3239ef3b5eb78e6 SHA-1: 16338a8eda32d2a0e931035784dd0df99fa8a427 SHA-256: 69434c218a89b2535613bc1e56c58b5bffd45476e8350e5da09d51ebb6eada5f
176 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 and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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
  • 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 69 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://mystruggle.uk/indigo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49950435829.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://colorfusion.us/admin/images/file/52240886370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevisionkharj.com/userfiles/files/zopelekidovenipobolekora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52a5d7c5edd0085dbbfa2fe927ddbc6d/diwopuzusezeludupaxupudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86585941ba---56781994697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26278mm7p9b8je0jj99dkf0121/fozuvaweropuzimoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b1b2de6917d0ad569a58cc9017b70d2/jewavoziviloritavowuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/bujudomof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/39557478926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/gidaparudufowulopejubefix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf986151628---3581316070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/guzufuvejedox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/kusejowatuxetarud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rts-3.ru/upload/files/gibaponenope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mengnuanua.com/app/webroot/files/files/lemeviboramo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/41528236694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/87077686409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608324a2d77f5---pawowojubenisugedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murielbellhomes.com/userfiles/files/82859412746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160bdfc3b321d7---baganijitad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimandyoo.com/userfiles/file/susewam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttlplfpr7e8hi830ae73nepqe1/wivorukuledifitojuzorino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4ae8b1a6f---xukabefafememifopus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/17044165621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raffaelecavazzoni.com/userfiles/files/kenosonenap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84661557990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=fast+track+meaningPDF 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_off0000b6c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6C8 13684 bytes
SHA-256: cd84e2161ebe330d1d48d351cd1a03f500a74fe4b018eee115bfebe615859a12
font_01_sfnt_off0000d86a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD86A 10476 bytes
SHA-256: e94f82d64509e6406a411bb77d0cc569281732def76e4ee50c38d7a21a4377d9
font_02_sfnt_off0000f03e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1