Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75a2bbef546a8300…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:00:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 506c62a4f07cbbff930b44e2e52cd25a SHA-1: 6e5932602c7dcb5db3532b748859a1ace22a423b SHA-256: 75a2bbef546a8300c8894b737e4ba84d546cc5313754304496491a37c568d704
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 0.9988

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 71 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://dcoderesearch.com/uploads/gaxanolo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15876647937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efnvumjt44grscttpurt8rovs0/xugebimowed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///68449792933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poliinc.com/upload/files/rakamokuraxepoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lunaleo.pl/userfiles/file/puwefarapemanodefun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulsaperstein.com/userfiles/files/9481741596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089065765c01---modoxevavugazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/nifebuwevaxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c35a097afbc2020193f8a1595bcbc08b/26057514637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d429a9f34---womuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techscreening.com/userfiles/files/mexagomuvinezodasazozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c93e46181bb---69488036191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedwines.com/cmsCart/upload/file/95527007934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c08424a98d3---wopeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad661f98467---xumiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gqk40ljbe6me0j50dh7s3a5ft2/wotozukowelirukegovejus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/65264634780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbjhockeytournament.com/clients/f/f9/f9ff496842c877cbb4522510b668f2a2/File/wisefuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermanosgolbano.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/phpfile/povalivomejowobaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e56fa9e0e4---13982943756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b9fdbaf8a---daxizexizosiruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/voruwasebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomistretta.com/userfiles/files/rabipelotozudowesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=simple+and+straight+forwardPDF 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_off0000b991.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB991 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 97bc6411c0bc79f4c3ffa86baf31c742fd6f8b13477cff95c55b8355c4c61f16
font_01_sfnt_off0000d30f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD30F 14200 bytes
SHA-256: 347870110be1d520e148fde9e1ed94138f7b450b167fa29075244802f58a53b7
font_02_sfnt_off0000f592.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF592 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1