Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e04e5dc4b82d7361…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:27:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: a09096ada4653fd94e78de0baba593d1 SHA-1: 5b933500f233dfa811e8f2b12717aedfb91fd06f SHA-256: e04e5dc4b82d7361b73bccb12214c78bdab473b4451cd3ffe9a4f19cfa1acf51
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 0.9984

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
  • 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://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082daa66eed5---filogowojogum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d02284a259ece1417478a7ef14ed3d5/mopifosorevegiwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72769ecb0f99a83faf5c5834cc4242d0/99169591646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/18870105177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a35832c3a1ae52286b60c6846ab3e06e/meguvamuxuxuduvuturumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunwayhk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/javifewiwamixuwibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://museos.comarcadelasierradealbarracin.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puwiduxikesilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609067dd83043---88650864323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowlingkillers.com/imgdb/files/zirizope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe92850dbdf---sukeludanulotivurizaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/judek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impex-italia.it/userfiles/files/gamineduviwetodelate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606d4632591fb---56571624557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/22992328026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://streetnn.ru/data/upload/ck/files/40221370596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lunaleo.pl/userfiles/file/82620824729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d1cab620a---74897167172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/28320057907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f213eda8a64---dowewupedulojikilotasotex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7909aef3d6---xoramujexabaxabigivomoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e50db4efeb---loduvasigofebuwumeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/38697260247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongphat.net/upload/files/vojesivuremasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8fe5ce2cd---17482763428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=c%23+exponential+functionPDF 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_off0000bab4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAB4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2C6 13208 bytes
SHA-256: 31664018374e255a3e002589cba06e1b9ea6a27ffe9ba556e96abd599db93423
font_02_sfnt_off0000f319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF319 9104 bytes
SHA-256: fe4a9ad32d6d12da45ce8861a1e6e511df5579fd33367a5c4d1c9e774d301804