Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a796e6547b62e76a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 05:47:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 43f585b3fee2aad9d4e3c3249936c41c SHA-1: 4be473a31b0271c73442ac8f9df1bf8e3f5170d4 SHA-256: a796e6547b62e76a7dcc78a51d4899c922328210194e06378aa84be5dea369f4
184 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, contains embedded JavaScript 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 0.9965

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 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://aroma--style.net/files/files/82593155339.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/50193008946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyescare.vn/app/webroot/upload/ckfinder/files/xozenusulafikusanadamiwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/49912451560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/zovazanolipiraxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b2d465a9e3ad534af6ca5ad75dd0e19/8115693736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a683fb77488---47063068289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kng3j8t2i5ifd7i66kg6o0e2tj/foxabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f61d608f5be---mijujimitav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1882122fc82a9cea363160a7ac477428/wiwewiranibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tizuwofukurijome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/69730712334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/30569928446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b784c39d831---faborivakatuzafizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607471516219d---xoxotuxotitomiguzewamuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608298ba34863---sagebanumotenunitadej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/lanigepovetigikufijiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/60183210247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/rubisajubududekuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/15319831568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbc-bezorgdiensten.nl/upload/gajupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e45624aa472f55da679eef7cb15877b/tutinuruvuwofonulitop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iziusb.com/userfiles//file/jorin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c2e41a570---rifujijawatezugateloka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selmanoglusigorta.com/userfiles/file/palizaruxipewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=ohaus+pa4102c+manualPDF 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_off0000b403.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB403 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC1A 10596 bytes
SHA-256: c2b739a623423e14fb31802ec6b386a611ed0484fce91ffd15895365112963e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e440.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE440 14380 bytes
SHA-256: 5249c90da792c73650fa38a3763a2c76f08fd56cddcc774724098b1470b7dbb7