Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c500ad5a997265a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:19:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: df0701d0c3396e350b4c5b76b5113427 SHA-1: 0fc429ba0ad7b7b6ac67c0798c3e9ca1e716cf2f SHA-256: c500ad5a997265a42d848a84e95ebd59253930f3e05518c9aa7eb1942fabe0da
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 0.9978

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 0 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://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c41c859140e---xitapuwa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/5994925323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/vogak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abbd1c9ad62---1348035312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe7e28c5a1---54673410525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/vefibunidarivabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/5134479639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpstart.mobi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fexewuvasipolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06052a2ed70cc6f016155d42dad07108/5144101764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asztromiskolc.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12544271870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30517fb0501eac6fb1f097c00d43017a/wugezuwudedarozesuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-kutnahora.cz/gais/image/file/fezofawaxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pi-consulting.ch/download/kibibuxipimomijatonixiret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falegnameriacastiglione.it/userfiles/files/morodawapuliwibawixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161086cb30ea61---zetanetote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ce09866b3---dunoferosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmyhship.com/uploadfile/files/36608900363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lsvrlngivho768r5svcnb40vad/mitimisavotineregise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d12b22a438f6ca14cbaa3399cb75e0a/38047789347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4c9ae5909---petefomazupovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32f6d12f80fe745cecf392b66e33ac5a/60522516920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/55999195310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commandhousecreations.com/uploads/files/nesaraxiludijeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=alergia+a+la+leche+de+vaca+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_off0000b386.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB386 10456 bytes
SHA-256: af62664483189f0bb5b591ecb7d1f69c83f6b52e80c8f6926c89854ca4b6810f
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e33b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE33B 14196 bytes
SHA-256: 3bc19b8767374954320ccb6f8acfe3186096f638ae2230c7236ccc75751dabca