Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce97b16efbdd0a6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-16 09:43:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 750e2cb4ec6ee46ba594e8d949c4a497 SHA-1: 9f0c6a7d794734b99549bc24da1971880f00ef0c SHA-256: ce97b16efbdd0a6e181a88dc7e9972cc572d11e9c073fac69c1aa91b9815e16d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a password-protected-archive lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://posh.hr/files/nunolulugegejuvemazetem.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b257126f4f7---35297412566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/76283193382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ee9ed5ec792ef6ef91cda0771c6c66f/82773399672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/jitagagekojifima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0rvha9v3bmma40d1t36h7lrd4/53854043303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/sipapawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talleresimad.com/images/subidas/files/rumenuposutujuzudekefirav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anipetkingdom.com/webroot/img/files/17451306778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcsfood.com/images/file/xuxaxutajozafuvopewadif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f532a4dab0---9319084890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manavpublicschool.org/manav/userfiles/file/vafok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/lipin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/of5ll0vkv9hq9o63g3ni008lp1/85896766842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbc649cd8d5---fanopejudefirurese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/guxumetiruminulot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/61856708126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nucamsa.es/userfiles/files/61969746967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/kinusozifakivanuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/4989011866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/847643def0f0582a1d7362737484202d/jonowis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/13040945998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/27075750953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=crane+drop+ultrasonic+cool+mist+humidifier+instructionsPDF 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_off0000e6c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C4 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 1ba5739f0f952c2cf8ebd8bee6fd1f1b80ecf97b8540ada4be5a8c0d86f39d03
font_01_sfnt_off00010022.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10022 17468 bytes
SHA-256: 4f94cfda34fd6a1cfb2408cb4d0aa79616a0acf2f6a9e3695fe3069667c721f0
font_02_sfnt_off00012e05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E05 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1