Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abb8f734c7c6942f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:58:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2d116f104ce53a2a1a3470ed55f9b6af SHA-1: ab9c72f262a8706a9287176739a0cfb00d4110b6 SHA-256: abb8f734c7c6942f142dd703a4f45571698d7c6ed86dbb425f99ff7b6de9ef9e
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 0.9951

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 68 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://hoangnhataudio.vn/media/files/31321375684.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodemefovolujajuxawiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/70527149916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c46d98a1765---tokegurodite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/kobodapodesorela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37bfdf9ad820198aae25b69d07a26c04/rikurefotobakexuwisotudub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--interpeas-r6a.es/upload/files/luwazazebanakeniteruvit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ddbca608b---83887748008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tims.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69281388373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilspa.ro/userfiles/file///taxitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/26231883067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointswestliving.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84568385042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/jolofedekikofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stock2morrow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gosofukezuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d63c1d8f66---vesapopitovusuveji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quaint-house.com/images/blog//file/44718800988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/rodujutineri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da48b8eefee---78911515472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104221c5b8e1---gedipejubapejefurul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/vilotalepasamasemixasim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/basiwusefujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d87904b97a---86594802203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/fogiwariwuzajorada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tahyuh.com/uploads/files/202108161202451949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=rearming+hinduism+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_off0000b0a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0A7 10828 bytes
SHA-256: a5ede4dd105b065ef43157ac8eadc57b5d4e76c942ee9504452bf864b07b8587
font_01_sfnt_off0000c924.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC924 14096 bytes
SHA-256: 706b4f997c1129d695b92e940d3883238297fc716a9d6fd79f10451854ecd1f1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1