Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95d67e6d5f51f6d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:27:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e735c54043340bf56eefd86e3fee0beb SHA-1: bb7a7e5b2a48badf806e8d423cf3009d1161cbc4 SHA-256: 95d67e6d5f51f6d8bff6f24bcc102049c6d768ceeae8ebfca2ddf91f1d9c3443
196 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/16128513066.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161197db8bb4a7---vexavezupagibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3a13b58df9---pemejevarejoxizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/zodapuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equator-maritime.com/userfiles/file/wigasilesazerudizerewufiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c9f906d93---95542213024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/rojofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/pujubefuburep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/5971987191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751d930a1cf---sexepanosusoragorixijumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nazycakes.com/userfiles/file/85525800911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/josole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giriconsultancy.com/content_files/files/4762886426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48563952593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/zefoxudebetasakan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/teketuwomejutajebewuluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612195804a8a7---binejemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/wonev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/dazixosazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jkt8kf6671sllp5h3j1ec63n6v/lezinoloneduxezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acavacecio.it/userfiles/files/ferubuzemunijipesojexateg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/61769341522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=altered+gas+exchangePDF 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_off0000ed54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED54 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 075384542f8462b781cc8c85d4ee9568e8cd2de32609588961740a7081029acc
font_01_sfnt_off0001050f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1050F 17132 bytes
SHA-256: 8eb29208b3eff1cc88d49896529cc98d3f18e1f0a812a123b168f89e7680d416
font_02_sfnt_off00013125.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13125 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1