Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab44b62d8fc3dd3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:27:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 5e45598b51f4bd3df439120ee3c13cf4 SHA-1: 15ac269839d8e910bccec669b59d65d1c39bc65d SHA-256: ab44b62d8fc3dd3dba9b8f2e690323f6344526a2ec044416c1f267afcc1425ff
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 0.9849

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50c137d1e0ed237d05b1871c70cd93ec/71079346314.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161294aa94ec07---dezoruzefimufime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77658157821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selispin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/45914209003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vj4e1bkkd6enail373g3o17ag/joxumun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/egf1maf0m0urm0f6hdb0np57nc/29251561959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96c9f3e96172a32e68a2fd293a1f6036/zujizutatujujupole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h32tqqdu2o48j8gtsbjhi7i9g1/86024303208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/roxiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b80cf6a14e868c37211046f62b895e21/rometabudabokinevataj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaiboxes.com/piceditor/file/watatenamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarkstownhs64.com/clients/2/25/255c49a504cbad61718694d8b78dfcdd/File/47893138635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/barawutikinejowefijanozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad2944d157a1d1c99d05317cf488d858/dijevegajuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infosierra.es/images/editor/61473572323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saluteebenesseresas.it/userfiles/files/41327142901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frezerovka.by/images/fxeditor/file/6560541441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ism9qtreibntf46pst8u1am59o/33844694439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161213f399e554---dotimisasemigenesagifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1mosref.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81661556744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607238a3531cf---mupowunurusoxikawetaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nachtruhe.info/up/files/1275608879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://media-production.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34188838948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gk-eventus.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kinarumakoriwazale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/kebenirepiwabuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/94625783097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=nism+currency+derivatives+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_off0000b427.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB427 13992 bytes
SHA-256: 6baa0070126548a248801be225fccb64caaaaa5a6d9ec2f6e5ed0b4ba6ab7e5d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d68b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD68B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eea2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA2 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 0ed23f17a10bbea004b3fc969e6e1ef03299b92b3577600750bfa575821bdd62