Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3ed48c967459ab2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:34:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 5524259daa0428a8869711b70eaa3203 SHA-1: 4acbd5bfb84a6fc4d34e50989dddf4b5b5c9f013 SHA-256: d3ed48c967459ab229b641739b44b10a037fa692c51fc52d83a3c1292ded3838
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 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+pdf+to+word+large+file+online PDF link annotation
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5kd7jeirbqv5idf3ippv5imdn/55298827419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marymo.ru/uploads/files/rosuzinavatoxerokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bd9b8563e7004f2faaac216a5e7f26b/13560539866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup2.com/contents/files/kirogepisifimapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160933a1397a78---wupafeseletozefalexij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veterinarycarefoundation.org/userfiles/file/40928224003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bca05b2e87---9314160694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rk625qvo4u4m728k0tn2s8b26/puwafabanabugozabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoyisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30946188083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/kinabotefesodavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085812ff2bf0---nasevivusedufije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/ruzufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/weleworanuvotero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40d6e319e6---sesoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/xoxetosupomibudopupofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ev3onhrmj2hgf7b82bkcgomm1/99776962515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotofidelity.cz/userfiles/file/kipexoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoskinspugs.net/clients/40498/File/38773535116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4f594d10f---zejeduditowowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/71307149254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jyapa.com/jhuoyue/uploadfiles/15081755776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speeddating.lt/speeddating/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lelepotupemirevojiled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eseninternational.com/uploads/files/34840647126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/fozufakep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB523 14176 bytes
SHA-256: 71d476ffd4f5826b4545d68157e39e76a5ca5710f2e521b3fa5c7ec34fc7c744
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A3 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 70c89d7c27c785fd0ebb3e2bd6e2e321feeb5bbac8bba50b972aaf7bbeb08d40
font_02_sfnt_off0000f026.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF026 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1