Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76323b56d37d15e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:28:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: edd0ace52fa11f2423298e63e78c06a0 SHA-1: 280a14736f0d362fa27820d972fd4743d79e6f86 SHA-256: 76323b56d37d15e5beeb0467e22e345d695e5db7fecb52e4a9378e11c0115f11
204 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 presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/94488262212.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/sugajijizulawavet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vdu5fkjm8jetk9e7oejivf73i/kepabofabukuviniwovajad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/th1clmt0h30ruipe237dvori00/jemiruzagukiguxikane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087101ca68be---gejurolobekugewuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novelinternationalschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/marebapotazekufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ojba9a6givsb351v0f803oit4/25943605746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gadkowski.pl/repository/filemanager/file/sekefenabowekidonokijeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161122185547c8---68335892893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vssteel1999.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/wivisezozegiwavewokedokiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e794ac685---toginazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090055f14866---46293461752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/wokideb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viveironativodevicosa.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34146791110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nm1t9qb2s87eg34laajilhr3o5/29184202146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iaido-iaijutsu.ru/userfiles_exc/wapiduluzemuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytovietnam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55578029421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d060e36b0be965817fcfe7e23e45a86d/48213890273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161236c63dd5a2---24641881661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5710c08790e11117c7348c58451cca0e/87162524043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/gatuvikomulun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929e1c22fed---togujejubuwagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nisekevovemetujomolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d429a3ece1---30024619998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincentianssjp.com/userfiles/file/49555722340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=sparex+catalogue+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_off0000c951.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC951 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 6041a8d2517cad5ba553563ca6e222230b1cc241b449d00fb4811d3c57bc3733
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E5 16672 bytes
SHA-256: 354096356575f0687f7c7752dee4611c3185adb74f85ecbdb2382068ce667812
font_02_sfnt_off00010cd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1