Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ca096c11c5e3206…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:19:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6e754bf987ec205cfca3cd02e054b069 SHA-1: 9b7610630d1f6dec3a9f78c257be9c1ac93ab521 SHA-256: 8ca096c11c5e3206c926a96f388e961cb63305faf03c7a865d1eefa70ce5ff3a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, employing an image-based interface to deceive users. It contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 68 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.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4n1s1jvru6pg5vpinvrbml92a4/97603136958.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eurotig.ro/file/godazevawade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8851aead6c---62136495345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sokole-tps.pl/userfiles/file/zifefanazozizibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2eb80e35cf---rofew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midlandhigh65.com/clients/6/68/682e31fde28f8c6bff7ebba57332ef5f/File/93186566469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akita-inu.lv/www/files/files/nububokikokokaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maulich.vn/attachment/files/poladar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16139be6232b16d5fdf046353e4c9d17/novumebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/9099831557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9tln659308raag0c0bi19hd5g8/92603608027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advik.net/userfiles/file/27489984182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/77259320531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koala-al.com/d/files/53641137798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellilongoni.com/userfiles/files/sabasufet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/mipadakizaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/sobijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ac112304aaa572a8fa62ccbdc7990ff/38579719189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855aeb0e65d---fimevezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/88598285461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atrax.hr/files/66560347796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwbright.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-24/20210824084510341619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9meclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/livowunotobuzaxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=alvernia+athletics+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_off0000b26d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB26D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA7F 13868 bytes
SHA-256: 7efd3f36270c0a2b98bc8a46d7dd363dad76b8a45a21a54b2d6aaa9645564f1c
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC0 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 4ae702586af88be358bdb6d2629cc44f8dcbda814ef156d680e8c29a39d609a1