Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8131bf93b7f2897…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:24:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 69425ecf586c87cfadd703c5bf550af7 SHA-1: 0ec933931daa5edea8a288515275fca3d0ae957d SHA-256: b8131bf93b7f28973dc6c8d8400e619c61d22d3b3a68b949e699b1f54608f0d6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and ML classifiers indicate maliciousness. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9716

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/vevesipujuxojikuwezot.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c856d0a9e15---56876650734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/jazelow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superplasticizer.cn/d/files/fifutakisew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611151c0d20c2---pakixasinuxefidufubake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-21/20210621215806724863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/tikogare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91969bd69cf36ddc03c0000810fb5bd9/pipifofer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/20779523971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4430dea0b---runitivezewipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a2fbebd6d---mibusadolovobavofezimopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligneus.hu/upload/file/38542758441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/377f8b34188d61960275c2f9cdf15d70/xezipafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imapbook.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/94187808923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/44483306996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydangson.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/xutapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agapetown.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vepububepaximajatenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59646228544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3e0ef70f26b8bb2cf197b61043ebb49/48334420267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/juruvexusedutetirofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945b847dbea---peloboka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creaorganization.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/vabonorub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd1c3274aa---bidapibezubijon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd8029f00b---44120867028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/puwanamolarekuwijimaledo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d094f776a395aee9e78bf1a658e23c98/21312399821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///35406157087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=automotive+engine+maintenance+and+repair+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://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_off0000dc31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC31 16628 bytes
SHA-256: 005fc295d0c7a1fc7d7dd49caf1558ec79220c2960d3f623dd8ef2a7dd0399fb
font_01_sfnt_off0001074a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1074A 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 579351a98ca09558f2c3de41ab838b046c5f036290f9a67c3c711714f37a6a55
font_02_sfnt_off00012056.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12056 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1