Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f5ac71e8e070e0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:48:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: f12e2354ef92d556f1124e93df2e374b SHA-1: ddd9a1991c5bcf2a26e43a44a895b801bb187e7d SHA-256: 8f5ac71e8e070e0dce831872f627179064e96936abc5640f9912eeaae28926c2
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 0.9975

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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=airtel+internet+tv+remote+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://dpt-mh.com/uploads/news/files/26785690418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roc.mn/uploads/files/12666275200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megashina24.ru/files/files/51587441522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/lekujanorutolulem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7fcd0a3e8---zojire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diencongnghiepvohoang.com/uploads/files/56802929135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razaviota.ir/basefile/razaviotair/files/35696095676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.com/contents//files/73147301674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfff4e3a700---45689895983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b07c69dae---20428849005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f7c8914753---33657949602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac02e3f6c37675105b17594a2d491626/35713000495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/getemalid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsneotek.com/ckupload/files/vuvufeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebookmarkcafe.com/uploads/files/80372073164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbg1ddpkdc.xn--j1amh/uploads/files/98981966977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/19135765645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakmeong.com/contents//files/74624288671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brtim.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/zelipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a2bcdd88d4f49551c362f8d54bb55cc/ferukenitademowavetep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/48035513798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/zagovufetijolepovoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilaxlabs.com/userfiles/files/tekujobowimekojalegusup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjcounsel.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zaxatulutisumof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b3f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3F2 10248 bytes
SHA-256: e8b14ca6e19f153e5098faa5c3f633ff9ae245b54d3145b7580d9e389114bd96
font_01_sfnt_off0000caf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e308.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE308 13864 bytes
SHA-256: dfb45fe63c11782788a49cb80925d2b7e8e096c27d4b1ed7cb483888514a6346