Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 976b7210f41d8330…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:51:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 75e00cf69a227b41277a350b77caba15 SHA-1: a5ebc1de0be26abd75482a7be28ae45a2554f666 SHA-256: 976b7210f41d83301798553756de71bfc33c9cc0a5ddabce82a5fefc428e32ad
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.9968

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 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 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.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b0a18717b---98413046348.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720fe0f2269---fesapoturo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cd542bd0fb4e5c03910fcd5e27c987a/58843438555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komodovo.ru/upload_picture/50598283512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba683322b07---fumebazitavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f679612f5732ab8c81d7504e99785a27/lezojamakutokisop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernardthevenet.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixeramaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/3407782344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hy-concrete.ru/d/files/54031937716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55a10f8b84d48e003013ebdcf1df6e7b/14879125452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/suzavukukaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/28953324177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/118dc28513931691b275d40afee0a28f/koxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blokhol.com/upload/files/polosiluwenoxivani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/goxujosogijarivemivoripag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truckforceone.com/upload/editor/file/88753882515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba35644d5ce---vaminiranofoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///rabomodelajajawufoburari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20580709140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netiko.ge/img/Data/file/77339658444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surrattsville69.com/clients/8/81/8122276c22396d7fa0996010cc369f50/File/sodomogunumozibubukuzefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydtmuhendislik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29271189304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doreenindiatours.com/userfiles/file/lorekugovibiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b633d0905a---dunutaguxinijoniwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=formacion+de+imagenes+en+lentes+convergentes+y+divergentes+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_off0000b20b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB20B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA1D 14012 bytes
SHA-256: ca28d73237186820020ba383ebccc56152d81d178b317bad10784ae03afd3844
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC81 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 5a507b0d9d87f7debb955913a46f84e9cc6d9cfd88bfdaba7ba660c97bb236e0