Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de988dbdd3801eb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:48:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5febb907b3b0666487d3a344762d60df SHA-1: 11704b44dbcaf85aa5e42c7fd9323a07180c6d02 SHA-256: de988dbdd3801eb9579c045bf6a1b5bb3d2ebe2c78323705a4e83e498b98b9c6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, employing a screenshot to obscure clickable elements that redirect to external URLs. The presence of numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 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 http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303556af702---13625743241.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/vabetokupaxakivigavod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://importfoodfair.com/userfiles/image/2021/09/file/74917210889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53f609a1025ffef24231090cfdddd441/64755579481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imobilestore.de/userfiles/file/70780762327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202109121422392820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdfsztal.com/uploadfile/files/ginukobunuzidizetejibuwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkrns.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/difag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhosnorte.com/images/files/zatagabivitovagulebizixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380d7872c58---55751186672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giovanniseneca.eu/userfiles/files/15681349420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtrak.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xolatulamarotawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebsite.btccorp.vn/uploads/files/roxaganexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210903031459909943999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354c44c0dd9---juwipuputotujapeduru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart.sut.ac.th/tsme/src/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49008116653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clear-es.net/yamituki-n/uploads/files/95486166586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ienter.bg/files/kimejekisaxaredazadamuwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto4-spb.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/xulizavigos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f949ppgotcbnqtmqbkcars7987/kokabekaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factorycontrolprojects.com/userfiles/file/57274534106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/476da081db17667b1321b7245455dae9/kujusuvozovogigasogulari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/junovusakumas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+see+private+instagram+pictures+without+human+verificationPDF 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_off0000b393.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB393 14176 bytes
SHA-256: abc030f68f88785b2c40b52d9b69c2d89ed154168454bc3bade34d92201593ca
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6A0 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 9cb2475d9b1f9e44dc62484dfaaeeb72a8d24264886005bc47b725a8123c77cd
font_02_sfnt_off0000f078.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF078 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1