Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3c1f0a9b5e0ba67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:56:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 0db1ee5f8a5d4b1578b16f125afe42d0 SHA-1: e5544be117e249a50f4cd53531bb878a8cc3ef77 SHA-256: a3c1f0a9b5e0ba679dbdbc15cd3efc27fa664bcfc1d5d6257ce5ab535aacbcb5
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 0.9968

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 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 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://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20210705184714.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/3178516950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livinglearningandworking.org/clients/e/e0/e05af8355f71d8da3aa90f500b9284b3/File/43151384901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/16924700269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--d1achljw0b.xn--p1ai/content/upload/dubofuzosupiwexakek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kilincsweb.hu/fileok/file/98581423291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquarium-kochi.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nexemetoratumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henskeschildersbedrijf.nl/upload/dowugeleluzotiwowor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suthuytinh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/puwexunon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephfellerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tagekumojoxovasajet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66049e09a4---15004037075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eths1967.org/clients/6/6b/6b000f7c2bca5b3a89f93fde6b54c5e6/File/laposoxogiwika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.vn/upload/files/somasotad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0rhtrta70hbbnus31hapqs9van/69793310726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venturahigh1967.com/clients/40640/File/sepoziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vowokiguwozoredebibiluju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdf10484f3caf8012f785313417e3f94/42962035059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forma8.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62079401364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eldorado777.ro/upload/editor/file/bomabetizid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planetamama.ru/files/file/rowukojotaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajnbt.com/images/upload/File/mitasaxesog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzatabc.hu/files/file/nadoxuzofujuziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3569e485d405258d882f8890e4e53e62/pajalukasevili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ffe6c2633---82679616988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=free+adjective+worksheets+for+year+1PDF 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_off0000afe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFE5 14384 bytes
SHA-256: 0fdb9f745ddc8e4813f1546372832cd6a7b2843acb87df5c9fc14bb478380557
font_01_sfnt_off0000d332.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD332 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB49 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 92c29c5055b2e1e0ba11b03734b27ec057e2fd073e071c70ff0109a324be7e55