Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad507bab5f7634d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.7 KB Created: 2021-09-26 06:27:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 6c26c594a6e31469ee8f9ff065b80b3a SHA-1: 792057eccb9a5e60e0ebd51c88d746595d5d9cd9 SHA-256: ad507bab5f7634d215f75e60eade46edfc4bb0664b9ce22377b751d6201999f0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF employs an image lure, a common phishing tactic, to entice users into clicking embedded links. Heuristics indicate it's a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files or redirect to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/889813ef5b2ec809d79954390b18913e/20510889261.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161447561ef371---pevazokokajojelusefuwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suativisamsungtaihanoi.net/upload/files/49623328216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japhina.com/upload/file/gusifejar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdkuys.handysociality.com/upload/files/lomimegalutogaxamak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/xoxapodiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.phapluatvietnam.com/upload/ckupload/files/rewuputawida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fbddc179e9---vofawumobimefiriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df299fd089562a6e6cebb1189273dbec/timugezunejixomasasoposo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-ark.it/userfiles/files/56500775077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atasuorganiktarim.com/upload/ckfinder/files/soxivevat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sirumepokovamuler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chayka-svg.ru/files/41162964705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huijingweb.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-24/20210924004812582342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cffcee6b44883818b0b3d53a204dc35/sovarobudixapozukakizepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoanghaie.com/Images_upload/files/najitaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c1dda3ae567319a2a832e595a86fc5c/jovezanugupakivuxuxepojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regaluxiluminacion.com/uploads/assets/file/volodusiwufunixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speedwayinfo.hu/uploads/file/wibane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/file/62267270153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135ee9fe36c6---bisekonovetedutanawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=watch+the+good+witch%27s+wonder+online+freePDF 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_off0000ac86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAC86 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c498.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC498 14348 bytes
SHA-256: 96743e645bb101fdcc508cf4675604573fa52d7b43b533b9427f412e5473d26a
font_02_sfnt_off0000e835.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE835 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 2df4afc2a1f994d236e62a17aa515b6fd697f31fded1296a102a8297ddea287c