Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c77d6268b118fa9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:46:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 5ffc7cd9e3f4bebd0919389ca5b20f0b SHA-1: 1fc928de475dc84492952ee2660ed7ffe8e8e196 SHA-256: 9c77d6268b118fa9431f24802cd89590b070f671c4bc7b0328aa3be4253284cd
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 70 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://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zamokisovozimajasanoje.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dakmoto.cz/obrazky/file/62047190605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f88582b2f553d6f28e06bd51af16c2b/90415790436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb1682aa61---94845878281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a9412e4f9---lefejimewizuwewupume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mrt2kasma7fb4jvlclj2iv2q2/4577030129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmsorganica.com/userfiles/file/19073857376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dab57c3f53b---88663242077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98eaabdbd431384345c2f86f41013d7a/sunuridanefizepavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803f0627f8c---gikutamisiditotiguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l73s2tu1b8eovlevl4uehq4cu2/buxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18505148197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f48a036f8---90198568786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89440276718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmhs71.com/clients/c/c9/c97ff408e01126d63256cf68004d6641/File/fikukotas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/pesawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/18265368355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinivetmadonnadirosa.eu/userfiles/files/merapiwafefuxuremenurewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d52835265d78e0b04260b4d699beac14/15417741278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/63862571752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancingstarsgreenwich.net/clients/1/10/10f73e4104fe6082999c9b722aa65ba2/File/716995288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098fada8227b---59730802193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/99235660418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suankaew.net/upload/userfile/files/robitidixogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medbioplast.com/klucharnet/images/file/fenigezitilefuxexafexuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=cursive+lowercase+v+worksheetPDF 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_off0000b52a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB52A 14052 bytes
SHA-256: ca8177ece5eb19ae0fdae8192b3bae555cc080d61fed9590d2ec94b2895d81b9
font_01_sfnt_off0000d816.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD816 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 7b4684f43945738adb9bd7d0eb035fbc6d2be021c4d8d13d3150d55ba37c71a0
font_02_sfnt_off0000f094.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF094 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1