Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6d459b1c6f620c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:59:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: f666ad4c281fc615d5a13778e5564240 SHA-1: cbc24f8d568459c0b6d6edf8a925e94ef811980a SHA-256: b6d459b1c6f620c3335f7520fd9c7b608811ee4b2f319c3f96de0299b2f42fa8
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 0.9956

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 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 http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/39300759442.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nail-free.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nizologugupudari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://customize.fr/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/Editor/file/sipikabevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/24544674063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/tabiforefilirow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0a324f7f4---94142888173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80kls7nr22s554n0p67411jd13/pulilopinavomozubijosurol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicentrumnz.eu/medicentrum/files/file/bulozoluzote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7cbd92e02---bofeluzorebukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739aac544d1---83352665847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f90e84874e---69402702803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/kedugafol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamila.vn/luutru/files/1250057913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6727e1e2c7a31d7609fdf47f660c8679/76403174281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/rabegulimamilimogomasiruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-serviss.lv/userfiles/file/64851667743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/32280849511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/reseburunodosovikotipimid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bfe056c48180e98bf84d7f2609f07be/83060717068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talcmanagement.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/pisimedabodakunukaxurife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrospizzadb.com/uploads/files/nimipofakorosujadeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92212b6d74---nolan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+math+worksheets+addition+factsPDF 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_off0000b15a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB15A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC971 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 8f5202fb2ca363327cbfa9e9bfed64babb25f92abfd7d61fcd4b2238aaf3b7bf
font_02_sfnt_off0000e32e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE32E 14436 bytes
SHA-256: 0004eecce425c22d072c41ca759c36c2bf12f74779fd201c9233a0a090c81544