Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3bfb42d0613e946…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:54:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 46a0548aebbee3643ed09548758c6bd9 SHA-1: a36720cb7ad4a88655484f37e5c8058c8235c225 SHA-256: a3bfb42d0613e946a9a2e649420d934de89bfd1df22a1f2ce425f1deebc1e4e2
156 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 0.9994

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgloutsveqee7kio1jdpuco6e8/neridupewuvovowogixaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bburago.info/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/belebaxafel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b6f0bf6218102ce9c6d553f07014c65/56309009432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b1f5e07ff---donizogawudofenilumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072264a6b992---29425385313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf871b7fb72---81625541509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://federalwayhighschoolclassof1970.com/clients/8/8c/8ce2019516a67423f07d8eefa67dd611/File/popizibifagufuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talleresimad.com/images/subidas/files/4289617805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-stv.ru/userfiles/files/bitizidakora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalinpress.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kekelukul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victorybear-info.com/userfiles/files/kesubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podushka.by/files/files/3830952419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/pisazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cc14c328e---6426311310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a00a61798---73419827897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a5e9ca8f058b15be1dba66c80159c48/27050868127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b94283d91cfab87ac34cc6591fa6d6bd/3883474118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tosto.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vaxejenaroxebel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3ec62f41477cc1d6fe5573783fae417/bipibeketiratavewesimikig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boissee.fr/userfiles/file/46751751468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a441d3e870a---ragodeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f09efd33b6e---1122247620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=capers+in+indian+cookingPDF 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_off0000f036.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF036 18880 bytes
SHA-256: 0ddd9fb62d31cc564fcf8087057a2f473f412e770ab3f847948be8f191d41001
font_01_sfnt_off000120dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120DD 10668 bytes
SHA-256: bc5faf05788f3b0060e5160992fc1032ce4e2d66fceead7ae32b2a846d5ce529
font_02_sfnt_off00013932.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13932 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1