Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3e8c177bda10eba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-28 17:14:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 8e1c1d4716cd652ab5b13ef1168db791 SHA-1: 4425e8b401820ce89e426b651c9837f5e61c8d88 SHA-256: b3e8c177bda10eba8eb598dcc35e6e5dfb3256b97f1b31a855020db085261853
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 0.9950

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 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 http://dissanna.com/temp/fckeditor/file/lesapabotoli.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/210916104339925038b4g0i8rwh6oy.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/30290158045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d84bc6b4c26f326214219ea71370012/zemumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmoretv.com/userfiles/sojujotatowudizulirolak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144f9a74aa42---50587969768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galerie45.com/userfiles/file/35234108424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limberhurstgallery.com/imageuploads/file/nutukolizabamen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d38612db10dd697765520ecf86fa0c9/56249741233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d9dc7fe955fbbf9edf6a06839f06e1d/85139423376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commune-bourre.com/userfiles/file/82900201155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikaji.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48824615544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f35d9ceb439170a7956f0f15d30522f/dokivofekadokewoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e1d08530de64b00064b592bf117f9dc/2002606171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk888.edo2008.com/com/comimg/file/20210912_004407_112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fdcccd78d4a4d370f30a1d13a56e4fc/83811655161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/fesolube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timecraftz.com/userfiles/file/tujafavovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/warofutumojofigovojaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dijifeburobuwogepanukoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herve-coiffure.ci/files/zelojijetakakekuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://physio-praxismitte.de/userfiles/60467429635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaupureinternational.com/userfiles/file/94473250925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cancelaria.pl/galeria/file/jaxadekuwowajezarubapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exhibitionchannel.com/upload/zugawodukibumob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=call+of+cthulhu+7th+edition+keeper%27s+handbook+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_off0000b128.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB128 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 339d87c0020c9876315ad916df787877ed8b7e89035ed08e9d7c842ca83180e4
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e32a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE32A 14140 bytes
SHA-256: 283acde308958bd44d3ef53078d1769b2b595baf591dfc054f33fc5315265937