Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9cf46aeab8d8906…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:23:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: c519b97dd033055960a9d6e2774de344 SHA-1: 8f83559440b3e9d6636728cbe191662f82a8d6cc SHA-256: c9cf46aeab8d890665117503049078ed1b5ba42d3530c752de2525758aabdb75
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 0.9968

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 67 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://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/534fe13873053702990e259e5368faa9/29879445731.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/wunikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brownewingfamily.com/clients/a/a4/a4d7a48ed280e719b438ae57db99af5e/File/69683094983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.de/img/upload/file/87613193568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/sesizigaloxojosaxipoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e7531f00badf6c7056f7424385ea569/59598795655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae1614cd60279224a04ee3f0de4356c7/81897225411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vejwun.cz/images/65949731043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b17ff357f77---49107286614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/mulukilalobufopede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topstec.com/d/files/95952136122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/dumemaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://romalasergroup.com/userfiles/files/23649967113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tyextractor.com/d/files/wagozewajotuzuxulukuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsegypt.com/file/joxakepesuwupexidufarepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/98405669208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/80948678130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gilbertems.com/videos/file/kaxepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hgbpb6najd78ufbkhtge2ar4c1/suvarigepaborej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lejuriste.ru/files/file/36715565297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrcookie.tw/upload/editor/file/310403448403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/jupeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=hot+springs+spa+owner%27s+manualPDF 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_off0000abcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xABCF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c3e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3E1 13652 bytes
SHA-256: 79eda3a005351296b2ee42c621cb23c471b730e03b90e9058bac17c33b035d06
font_02_sfnt_off0000e596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE596 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 3df8793007ef86cae400e71f95a25060ff896ead063b74624d3fc0c62f2beb63