Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf72b980f2f35f09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-07-25 20:14:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3bb8ff7b2804bc603db67ba4e8545c56 SHA-1: 42beb1e68b42520aed8436a80dcc1fd06cdc929d SHA-256: cf72b980f2f35f095595ae2b4aea695341b0904ca120334cf0acce23b009984b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1539 Steal Web Credentials

The file was detected as a phishing lure impersonating Office 365. It contains numerous links to disposable hosting sites, many of which are compromised WordPress uploads, suggesting an attempt to host phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=minna+no+nihongo+book+2+free+download.
  • 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.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdf2c8f74d---nufunizepozunesoriju.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/jutovojevakisuregisokubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holyfamilycyo.org/clients/37654/File/31868121518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/37611475256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835d1cb4112---pokuletazotikidilusat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983732651fe---6633851794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f1426a621---jidijogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbcostaverde.it/userfiles/file/69477700879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/41941003540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/rekoxuvatezumudapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/65256468709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolauniversale.it/userfiles/files/kogokijulokuvalalox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links.com/images/blog//file/wowasosanejafuxotiwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fodowidepiruxojew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31583c8b80cb5bc9a91a891c11828ef3/piremunojixusiwivedig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24640767076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc56fd2aaf6c29ce151bc7ae24d18f1c/desuvakodesepujax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faprosid.com/file/13842522759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hcpkg27lt20s4nvbcr108onn9/98531553128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e7d2ca019---mipamatobupeverel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/tibole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/md2t1vnjmsfn8shrlgs07ieald/zilifawab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/61207016397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=minna+no+nihongo+book+2+free+downloadPDF 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_off00011005.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11005 19080 bytes
SHA-256: cdc1a49cbf925a6bc1782d8229f7bb22e47fcb4e1282f636c185af36a8a0322e
font_01_sfnt_off000140dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000158f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158F3 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 26e6e83350f3a43b837aa2053e8f8936fec0db0f3c9f4b248b9268a02846e47a