Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab3c688a2ec59972…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-08-23 10:17:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 7b7407e45d355b7de17b18dbc43c0f9d SHA-1: 52fae50c2dbdf8006e5f6bad607dabbdfc0cdb74 SHA-256: ab3c688a2ec59972e286037a36950bb91b6bf80f5f23a647957d9d5cac0256fd
156 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac677b2a4fa---mojirurix.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/zeviwanorazomenorafisuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9a6ae34674390bf6f27f6e2a95f22b7/74009262535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/48286488713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/3528244525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--b8qxb801j.tw/upload/files/25980680404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soroptimist.be/oldsite/intranet/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/images//files/vebatepitomajivexinudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/dipepaxebosojajivobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909bccb0361---54393954467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raiporjai.com/piceditor/file/gerapobaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/83252098001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/59568067870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092378da811c---10102176495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabic.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luwosebusaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083693d481a0---70595985796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ccc3759c92---64659793934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/94025305392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c525894897e---toxivularezebobebut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/4796747946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/18052374822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098422031ff7---gubikajuvozepawikobem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/pewesifudugadegujegino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/63771289544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b07c64f1704---83868519982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=virtus+et+honor+meaningPDF 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_off0000f013.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF013 10576 bytes
SHA-256: fb1e50c6d3b97604e0e98dc2776dec1966dabe78e92d8b3cc6fadeca1e6eff16
font_01_sfnt_off00010812.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10812 18700 bytes
SHA-256: f45d77f130320d4ab23e8feb3e4679692f18d34e924fe2ee1e2e6429621f5653
font_02_sfnt_off000137f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1