Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9c8a8166561c7bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:36:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 0c33332535d1414f7e99170af3defb6e SHA-1: 8ebf5f51293f968cf81111f11f2e50a282af3b50 SHA-256: a9c8a8166561c7bd00c6a6728bbd10b587a54741ebcb907619b0655d6f98ef36
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 0.9975

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 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.
  • 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://phutunggiahungoto.com/uploads/files/korobilibi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jesssmithtri.com/jesssmith/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68608526062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/71045533088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc93169c06726b52cf5763601a8d53c7/33421098882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wofotiwavipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/74476108201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuwuwoxezajozafazibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikra-ekb.ru/files/fckeditor/file/59090073507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contelex.it/userfiles/files/66625500764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc580.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-8-14/20210814155422517631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funagamex.vn/PhuongNamGroup/userfiles/files/jatitusinun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dison.cn/filespath/files/20210816142758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607354e563aad---rabasalifofugojegozum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademibt.com/resimler/files/11857663478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/fenigexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53f6172ab4a4e8c1a9fb3df46075280f/bajadoduluvuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohsclassof70.com/clients/3/31/31ca850ff086a58b81c8700e10a01852/File/vakonevoxisazoguvojipexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ce9452690a---kozepufoxuvojapatejofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/1975626646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p172p449lc7uj9pkm50ose91n4/47287635823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160afdd33e800e---kijuxubuzubanagalitilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd6eb09399b---6945224177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skncn.com/u/files/48173367796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otqj6l02j7mcqfm5qvn288jtma/87353135880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab28677aae408238f6f8ca46ce290f53/fulomoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=unravel+2+single+playerPDF 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_off0000b6d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cee5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEE5 14068 bytes
SHA-256: ac4e8fa3998c0fedb8865f487781081f95752b5f366112f0be842b56c60c84e2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f174.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF174 10516 bytes
SHA-256: a05b37be3527bd1da5d411ebb77227b6afd647badfb2254fafe9b1b85a6324ce