Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d98b16eacd96e2df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-07 02:25:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 608efdbdf648c4297a2ac3239526cc2c SHA-1: e4d91edb3c7102bf8ee1e7f75d650938202b1db1 SHA-256: d98b16eacd96e2df1c14b7997f6715570066e09aaedf217e26f408168a7d148a
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. 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 0.9993

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c14d0c102500b234f4e38a365c84c09/63074657457.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cec2ef3ba62---fulazebilofup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/97384724232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nilanegewaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://24emk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lozum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecc1c684629---85107003046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestorkate.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/paseware.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/102a65e834ce0198b6354543bc5e14ab/80438227556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckm-machinery.com/userfiles/files/jazozaloxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d33e17320---19845307923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/1672233825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/motugaxevinetomaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/junowunubowimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/wudotumixalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttm6pbe3muhdbfr4r1mbk4a1n0/daravinofaxebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/fizezapuzukasixoropodazeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harom.ro/files/file/9805312055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d674ba6293e---luzonapufojumoworabifob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/45625146921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5528953f9f6e65c46c64d891fd74fb71/64659499386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/bixuped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/33915158298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=geometry+g+rotations+worksheet+1PDF 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_off0000ef92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF92 17648 bytes
SHA-256: 010ec28a70733cf1ca492577f3cb5950850b07e2648a6c1e89b948c758017278
font_01_sfnt_off00011e18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E18 10892 bytes
SHA-256: f5cb84c16ead6b92707febe4a443d5aaeb0e14342b09a998135974de10c4d276
font_02_sfnt_off0001374a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1374A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1