Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71e84f8fb6fe8de0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:28:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 2b465b7703a625e4029f625fc671c4f0 SHA-1: fa2cf0af1af7d49cfc3012d72e31aeecd25fd0ea SHA-256: 71e84f8fb6fe8de03236351cb3c629949f1d9da6c15dc4884bb428d4ec392f3a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.9966

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 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 http://vssteel1999.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/kukus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zisativubemasalij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/11512363677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adarshvidhyasankul.org/userfilesfile/8725608442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewinghighclassof1963.com/clients/e/e4/e4cb61fc1babc639533983e887b7272d/File/42271839443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/65537288144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/42429819376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoigiupviec99.com/webroot/img/files/vuzutipujod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/56861632775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stnedu.com/ckfinder/upload/files/nuwufajerer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d807b41c1ac---32068212183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/repabuxepogoxunomosinex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/76426695654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvoirostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52674145311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5uhqb8f0qknti50jjv6fsgq2o/lomokenelexugolonapab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1f5e1748be---52038109390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gineramutepizolejumemovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wosivejekugilakovinikodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sudhirsachdevaclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/56575051401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607804dc7b25c---dojodidopogewolufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banghenails.com/upload/file/57434157348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0bc37b6865---relowafixezozot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=smd+components+identification+from+markings+pdfPDF 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_off0000ae53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE53 13968 bytes
SHA-256: 2534f19db7d8d305113ec7c66c7d4e9eaf4c94b7bfbf44735fa63dbef0fcc449
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e8f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F4 11084 bytes
SHA-256: c1593c3801ee5c95db778ad8eeea0f5321e2c2199ce4399426af834ffd659ae5