Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3d86eaa5478dbce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:03:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 0cd9fd2be6525fdd7a1024d28bf96d4c SHA-1: 7bc0318ef5fe62dfe1a6bcbfcddd3e9bdbc40e81 SHA-256: a3d86eaa5478dbced82902ed570428c5f1a9bd2cdcc7c03d3d33e8a510ed2cbc
196 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 0.9972

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99p45mmqsv330dj6i9jep925s3/38255090989.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4435b9c3e---37612048440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a50dc4d83d1105c0a664e184d8a20b8a/82982691442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangs78.com/clients/66216/File/76340081946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efeotokiralama.com/Upload/file/4867153209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/14477541134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjpexport.com/files/gejorivajogabodivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://music-saikung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46169712023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd34a598679---jupajobodatuginigof.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://slhs1958.com/clients/18590/File/4288702602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/14666314104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff55c1464c20d309ac52201259cb57ca/regomop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920f2020620---73477029541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.org/contents//files/94817804726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpidia.com/contents/files/woruripowukaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hazeloyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xinobubem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8dadfcfa4c---83998780884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/95584923596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotnews.md/upload/userfiles/files/79413799940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/ramexadejumebifabave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k0dk40bjne985slmamu4onuchu/mugoruta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/98789487438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d8fe99d9c1---78854743232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=pergola+rafter+tail+patterns+pdfPDF 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_off0000ae7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE7F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c696.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC696 10676 bytes
SHA-256: afb386460a643867b1f1e58e91f8bf5480147833078cc4a9177435da558c8a78
font_02_sfnt_off0000def1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF1 13964 bytes
SHA-256: 47e509b9c8613ff46d3110a8006e668f730b617da8a602fff551f5f902c93ca7