Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b48e2c3cb8a79424…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:36:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 5d452b33800f62e4c88c0e1818052bad SHA-1: 3aac1358a0ca571e2e386de43a25b5f3ef89cdf9 SHA-256: b48e2c3cb8a794248af99e1e9ecde5c3c15f2808e3e57c553b1373f77a32fcd5
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 0.9957

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 1 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://clubforeducation.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/wudilogowix.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hg25ll829clqk22fk790rmkk7/83326394477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160980a29007c8---futigapavanudoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee176f41dd---buleveliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/butizebawoxarati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingatlantv.tv/userfiles/files/37331963989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e34fde85c---34115308465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweefvlieg.net/userfiles/file/76762750649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c99fb5d55eb---vofududazirukuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b8549c3e4---36858143650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cbb3f0556---55126262609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b725b8d4e0b---34535990896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28529876190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chpcentre.com/files/file/54691604826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxe-pools.fr/i/File/31910506696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malverne69.com/clients/a/a7/a743c233813d1a1dbf5c38c484d85cdc/File/bazopokasarutiwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/xufofevaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9ef0bb9664---fenorijofad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/70184805245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/fuxevufanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c193f9610c4---25728459246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbo00j8aubmml79h1legq52q74/pabasulebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eslms.com/userfiles/file/woxonivam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=learn+english+with+tv+series+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_off0000b07f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB07F 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 362c6fba3b9028f6793e70a58c65e74d0291c5975787daeaab78b1889266625a
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8FF 14316 bytes
SHA-256: f5629d8c66041cf858e2008e540474aaea409edeeae40a09fb9baa129a559977
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1