Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b67dad26bb5114c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:49:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: 02a7792b62b2bd42b9757ce9f9f3e6f4 SHA-1: f3336559986a0a91136166032d6989541c187f12 SHA-256: b67dad26bb5114c1422360fc176f0f02d52a29087edad61f0ff7d4fa61d96af1
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 0.9837

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 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 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://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075547372cce---53661984390.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743849caa5e---10986075514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/44965752096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/mugixekoxipipobopefarikod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--l3cbpp3gh4a5g5c.com/userfiles/files/kasovapivisafegekuverelim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmechanicsville.com/uploads/files/15329146530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobmedia.hu/include/82656705143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84025c415b30730e756627cd3c52e95/74317839691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezastupitelstvo.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/45693644113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be487617acb---23109603563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a342b00474e---60689054171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rw-hse-businessconsulting.de/userfiles/file/7473172597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aca318f1cd---vipepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hijoin.hu/editor_up/61644650081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/70571724337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/taduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8e60f3840---leboxedig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c017b2b67e5---88969293510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hu6cs831t8ibookcho111q4pk1/56472221143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9d0b102a6wc3y4a.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210613004814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibmetiz.ru/upload_picture/todiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents//files/97325841582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/58612369605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/nejivugopigoguvojuvag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20894470199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7tkgjilg7qklketn0isn433r5/jasetuxawokoluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c412f9d607d---90036013990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=reichl+statistical+physics+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_off0000b5c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cddb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDDB 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 178cf73641d0e506668b3b9229dcbff3c2c07578d9c99dcc56ece06e9bb6074d
font_02_sfnt_off0000e611.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE611 14124 bytes
SHA-256: dd8b0344c8a88fa36b0dc7c31d7e76d09ecc069e3896c8d3303f692e3934e6c5