Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76a5e36f90bc3a2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-08-30 14:56:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 37a68b994214d23fe65c4005fdf5c720 SHA-1: 6b03adfdecda7de3e140d877d3d2941985888272 SHA-256: 76a5e36f90bc3a2af352852893b952d407efc92035b9f6024a53e81f7da82f99
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. It uses a QR-code lure. 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 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/fenasemojuropaju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5791c8b3f345401a81313945e86987a9/tupejeloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/visixin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobh.net/userfiles/files/soxudomadesibepogevateni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddgasul.com/userfiles/file/tuwagilam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingnature.ru/files/files/40309804022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auksozvynas.lt/userfiles/file/ronimakizokekukofevivugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b591ad0cf11---dukusufoganajuzapojutava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3baaf7a10d---gerefodizotegiwomul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinaxaraes.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9397389340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://integrotech.com/zdjecia/file/41950760499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb75407cd74f24317e6fbddc5135016f/velojonew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4713265914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebel-moscow.com/content/xuploadimages/file/diropagupiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c227bd33d6---36876937864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccjsc.com/images/uploads/files/lilimufugesodivezuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/269b9bcac31834c187cd22f71d37e899/92273698863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tevukasveza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84254453306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://righetti-ticozzi.it/userfiles/files/dotezemebubopewanik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/rogifurow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47813777178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srinivasagroup.com/ci/userfiles/files/38772778696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crossfitbeeshark.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/64818463624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=montaigne+on+cannibals+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_off0000be8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE8C 16816 bytes
SHA-256: a404bf163e63f76954decc9b8ec700c85d07845e525d51ece7ad1fdf2c1acf3d
font_01_sfnt_off0000e96d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE96D 10828 bytes
SHA-256: fa8793bbf6cbd3b8fc9ac9215073c48025b7a44bed04e05f22d5dd37c2a78f66
font_02_sfnt_off00010220.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10220 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1