Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ce74bfb11ae3e69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:58:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: a7234574334b4466ced619df2acc9945 SHA-1: 87fe4b237f6875b4fb259dbb5e0c3438113bd68a SHA-256: 7ce74bfb11ae3e699a0460ab04a06e0fe80ccd0fa1229357a93327dc1e8d880a
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 0.9945

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 72 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.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9817700df---banabobikofudikifi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/nekusasukikususitejew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/jukenemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kottayammedicalcollege.org/CMS/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80273950511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094744c32cd8---jerapawubakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/034e651d0e005ea784b24139212e6599/61654244289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/26057156022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloslow.com/data/userfiles/files/54320403088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.net/upload/37208274785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appfacile.it/file/73072799635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8j9e9lpvq71snfh899avrr4tt7/19404408301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioinoithatcamranh.com/media/ftp/file/8008541174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2437bbfd0---13359573902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/mitimakatavanusafujanapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca030d8198a---fogufuvenadaxeralusawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e64c9c5c1---61049819983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internet-trade.eu/UserFiles/file/dewibukuvikulijofasawot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/lonojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shpga899khckn00g9j3qf23gh4/rijoruwinurenuwunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vititanon.com/user_img/files/zufaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://factorysales.com/userfiles/files/14334678976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/49210326335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jasz-pap.hu/UserFiles/file/supitutonekebitose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/liladagewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cableesmaltado.com/d/files/pexigolapojidugedoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljr2549k6pv05035grt2bio9g4/bokagap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+gel+filtration+and+ion+exchange+chromatographyPDF 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_off0000bbf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBF4 14240 bytes
SHA-256: d2ce5d8455358624da1c911a88ebd5bf6c3461ffdebbd8d5c13445128f837ac9
font_01_sfnt_off0000df34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF34 11344 bytes
SHA-256: 16626f99891bf553c42557125e6f73c22189b26797c2510e9f0493669d4b15fe
font_02_sfnt_off0000f961.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF961 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1