Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab09d52313fabe7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:54:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: e087beef97ca15f1e2f13142d8c64a58 SHA-1: b565a420b77f042156ef9f2cbd49c6523b196dc3 SHA-256: ab09d52313fabe7c6196d530c0d96b42ca7d635eeb367041e241c8495b06029c
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 0.9986

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 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tv+shows+that+have+been+renewed PDF link annotation
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/25967988549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7t5512753n7hvoi8kffrsit934/65341267806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shipnhanh247.vn/asset/files/rubal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriadinathbank.com/uploads/38690459799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdsductri.com/upload/files/titosimexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97903621105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160875c599e7f6---dizogev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalping.ir/data/files/file/46249310401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dialog-seversk.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dafejatem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/jebasokerozumajibew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predia.cz/userfiles/file/zitefisanibuzazedafiguwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/772dd4aabb070359ede5aa874ac08d62/70627421563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711a7c5cb90---10630634981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rulife.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riwefavetav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccichn.vn/data/upload/file/giwavukinenuzegazepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a3bcbb9b7---97417558319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogable.de/userfiles/file/63592637603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attlas.center/userfiles/file/fopuxevogixupomusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6kjcpsqc719ntes271dpe6mdlb/18837251712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/vagevapafegora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e21ddafe0---48450085049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000aed8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAED8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6EF 10460 bytes
SHA-256: ad1f9df7dc119dcba3ad23bc4879802a64a221df38cb1af475e0a9fcd0be9123
font_02_sfnt_off0000deb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEB6 13752 bytes
SHA-256: 167f0fdbfe2baca2833d34ec52496b38b1a0872888f505a4d5648fb3af06cdd6