Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc56d5d9b43af2f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:09:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e0ddb59c9f9bfa0bd99e58452ff50a26 SHA-1: 04016599f5f35c6884f39a75895cc37cf5eef66e SHA-256: cc56d5d9b43af2f82895cd8e1cc82507aba82a8d1b057b5bbec5ddd681c515f6
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 0.9973

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://emenu.hu/editor_up/1531374685.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aec01e7967---tizoxogabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vipbeachhouse.com/uploads/editor/file/konidurasazizasazipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/52924216356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmen-bekleidung.at/userfiles/file/76743518198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giasusinhvien.net/upload/files/12948842297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents//files/33715369215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wordtmann.beckbauer.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/disikizokexexux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97770167a2686b7efb0be4ab4bd1faa5/55408680501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarvvv.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mumagirifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://semihkerpiccilervesupersound.com/upload/file/91686626146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a01b38e5dd---12851743520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtle.net/ckupload/files/xesolotomuwuruzemasufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jevades.com/aircraft/fckimages/file/furabafolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsrmmessina.it/userfiles/files/61774697402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4848be7ca4---xisubejozavedagerura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fueandhair.com/userfiles/files/20946514001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55thocscompany.com/clients/62662/File/90422604503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novsport.com/content/File/84814790115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/sujixaduzoverabunig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ef26d8b465a7e54529334bec3f3e855/wezafukiribatipadonigorat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=functions+pure+mathematics+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_off0000ae8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE8B 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 53c5a25dccb3a9fb6e6e3bb24be63259e5cefd77c2c74009580438ba40bb5665
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000dfb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFB8 14180 bytes
SHA-256: 281bd26b9577b3394c16fc8fb1672c8cce27f1442bd9acc216c477c2cf7743f6