Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76f52ede22c82065…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:59:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: c0633c1c8149ec64c2e09119fd52e4bd SHA-1: 4facf960a0a275409d2144d075a643b89df557ab SHA-256: 76f52ede22c82065851273581ded7590d33c6dffc368ad6478dfe65b7543a883
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 0.9973

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
  • 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 67 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://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083170f5a1ef---76371728173.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yjccnc.com/upload/files/39113288217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/luwavepabobupixawub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinhorelli.com/userfiles/file/nonaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d797048e50c1272f16a0ce2b626147f1/42837902790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castanienfamily.com/clients/74558/File/33509441047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/13692901637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97250640a3057c65ac9fe80ae77483d1/sixapevilazox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/97039129876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161099dd34937d---biwufadidosamusekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuantruongtech.com/images/ckeditor/files/59285580713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/wadedujuruxeradi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cimkezes.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mukibobetav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/43831708886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiiga.ru/userfiles/file/jexutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac7cdd3ba5---neturebin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/gevezujitisemamujazavesud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdnchem.com/upload/files/80203605748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/betedazilaxilijuwunot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/38398940323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jckn4q2og89vvunb6te1lqj9m9/tifikisijima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=level+1+blood+warmer+service+manualPDF 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_off0000acfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xACFE 13884 bytes
SHA-256: 5745f7ed841db3e16556aad3e9d43f6bb5fa9cb54204256620010cdfb4e9e0e9
font_01_sfnt_off0000cee2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F9 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 653098d301b29d18ba7e4b8ae14e923c74bfea29ab23a41df620d2805ce406fd