Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2ec3cde76112117…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-08-11 02:07:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: ddd9d7c639433fe2d36c5edb7ae5f0c3 SHA-1: 6b8fa7ca4a62484b0d77068eb201409b8f95c74d SHA-256: a2ec3cde76112117d63591c37c03be3e51741335d2f4835a470aae1715324600
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a fake browser/software-install lure. 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 0.9945

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
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bissell+little+green+proheat+turbo+brush+parts PDF link annotation
    • https://lingchuanfloor.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/putevowezitonidane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/walakolotefudunefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe10abedc87---bafugudotuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chemasan.lu/userfiles/files/17498985571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91f8c8b57d323f7cbc2c815431fee4ac/19828878190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/nawojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimandyoo.com/userfiles/file/28151250298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c9896d79e---wesobefagoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/garav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhcom.vn/userfiles/file/lepugobiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723a9ceb4f6---24728462339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodegoncriollo.com/userfiles/file/mubobir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadharshilaschool.org/userfiles/file/jibixifonovodunode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://streetnn.ru/data/upload/ck/files/pazizexewufege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/18881098556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acp-luxusingatlanok.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lofun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/73390788295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pettwayfamilyreunion.com/clients/39389/File/16718725999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db2001507d---vepabilitivepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawweb.info/mycms/admin/userfiles/file/gutanajubuwutejomer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiramisu-o.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/9931256198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730c3c1ab46---vedizadavapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e33f535061---getomopefide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c13f727bdb---38407828570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc6v64eli6l3sinln87ja263s7/45514400199.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bdc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDC1 10824 bytes
SHA-256: f74a3285870bbaa7e408335a189bae2f57e1459db3b42a0b3801115c871339be
font_01_sfnt_off0000d665.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD665 2024 bytes
SHA-256: 67c5d3f3dc5f73ff47f57fa91a262f983f52693c56b75f68ac73c5df0738dfd3
font_02_sfnt_off0000dfa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFA4 17216 bytes
SHA-256: 7c1d481198ae8435df50c4ca540e72208eca8f948243d844a19e8d2da799b2bf
font_03_sfnt_off00010be0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1