Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a199c9ef6c0f76ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 06:09:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c73fc33076d6f753cb7425acd436460a SHA-1: 3d0326e6151daf7c649e9b538ba8c0334a0ab7d4 SHA-256: a199c9ef6c0f76eed50ae896c8d911c38f93adb74baa951965e79c92b69dc329
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1534 Internal Spearphishing

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The heuristic 'SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH' confirms a credential phishing attempt targeting Amazon. The document contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, directing users to PDF files, likely to facilitate the phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=word+power+made+easy+latest+edition+2020+pdf+download.
  • 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.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2f571fbe7e28f775ca3188306e26a2c/36040849105.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dhsclassof70.com/clients/d/d1/d13f49183e6b2ef720c1f353b43de0f2/File/zokigati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/devixilokogipunotatufavib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kururlaub-ungarn.de/bilder/files/wibakux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/nawuvogog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-design.de/userfiles/file/tovawupuxujebigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51d33e8b10---96670654832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608120891fcdc---21328342062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6a9cb3e7a9---53131851408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyonsmcafeereunion.com/clients/a/ab/ab8eb7fa8d7cf94b91f67e7e346c80ed/File/35014665074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83337181584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ea583923d630dbb7db7dc7beaab1962/83060026905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5911f94fb94aae76a6c25f49fec7c8de/70112215035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waberry1969.com/clients/877040/File/545065781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8885d535e5---57850405559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847695848a7---labebojimumemafima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dceb0bdb97ad796e996a4614510c4517/varezoxubotiwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/zulakigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56aabd3c911e6f915b504df4d04a71c4/lamizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/170e99f259fc23a30d3c7f0c326c57a1/datasipulifenelame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riwuwedatosuneninewovep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/112348378287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=word+power+made+easy+latest+edition+2020+pdf+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e8da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8DA 17072 bytes
SHA-256: 83a3580f6391cacde915d3398984eaf8987313fd741bd1e03d99be942d2258b6
font_01_sfnt_off000100c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118DD 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 05bf4dbc2232ef98821d7366ff5e2ec73d823dcf65311a352570a3f6f6e78872
font_03_sfnt_off000132cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132CD 18216 bytes
SHA-256: 0594a3a27c0ea7715a6008c53fc7de9d199b1caa83a4642cc839439f2579f4d8