Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2156dcb65bd6367…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:37:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 997ce0f69fe6b4414a54553be782b1fe SHA-1: 27c558d58ea35add7f9e6cb7b01a7a03085bc740 SHA-256: b2156dcb65bd63672026d107e58423134adb4333b1bb41a3f714a8874ec043d4
204 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 presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rsmssb+ldc+paper+12+aug+2018+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/fikepidopuxuwuxolufibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estudiowebcolombia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wojifeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dqvo3f7r71a8ptq220dj66d0r7/90502862493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accl-calibration.com/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/junufifebetelebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d16314256---witer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/73488418221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cauthinh.com/luutru/files/87277293691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angeladaniel.de/uploads/files/22268903428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/fuvakaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/4885684072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zit-tech.com/userfiles/files/14043501036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081025247a43---41543237410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giriconsultancy.com/content_files/files/gikawafufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70230072391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/43269304802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jungvassar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/20924395967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolataggiasca.eu/userfiles/files/29379107211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkim.vn/upload/files/59670472602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d103a4687d---57747694467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recviem.ru/img/upload/6041903857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekt-dom.pl/designhome/admin/userfiles/file/numekab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4b911c9d999f73eb709af791ffcd2ee/39643099518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8bb53eaa51f9641158677468f039b00/wibepuneduxa.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d106.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD106 21544 bytes
SHA-256: 383776633c302a5edc91603c1dd815c844201f65dfe513418c4449146e37f0c0
font_01_sfnt_off000108aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108AA 11336 bytes
SHA-256: 234ff8e9fa018f38d643393e44a4b68d805563f4732c7f0f316e9bcbec04d379
font_02_sfnt_off000122fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122FB 1680 bytes
SHA-256: 6c08887b596ecb472c5a0482df8c2f828d83fc5b5d16111ed0caa1fced1b35dc
font_03_sfnt_off00012af7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AF7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1