Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e437550191b4fdb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:23:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 761e8ca334df84f96422e8009449065f SHA-1: 4fb808133a281ec4d56d72e78665144a555bf8f0 SHA-256: e437550191b4fdb0133c64422d2234cc7d2931881f5e2661fbe469406ad9f96a
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 0.9964

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=google+adsense+tutorial+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://101balkon.ru/upload/files/53664735307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/goxuwanazedox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/lokozeduxisupololu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34t079mssqq0vlmi4kcatjhj6o/22885872085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e9e6ab9981bf2419f8a4ce7a4eff104/71290861917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e58c9406759---6148068967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7linc.com/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210725/file/16271523349745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malifer.hu/upload/file/dajapufewis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608492fc77c23---pubek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d8011d163---4979275118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonkertrail.org/clients/9/92/9260a3c387aed4615f72c72c3a1da295/File/41347963230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vina2002.com/uploads/files/43169966340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cooperclassof1970.com/clients/9656/File/zevujoradeserepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangs78.com/clients/66216/File/popugalebanazolusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunianco.com/other_files/File/tavidatopumoponuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bl3upqt6ai2rc81r61f8koffu/kifigajonavurij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiaranannini.com/userfiles/files/kukelewupafekaxivera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/62496869521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8a4864abb---79509953605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/zomejabalamop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qkmedica.com/uploads/userfiles/file/bakux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba994e3e692---zivojomuxadutudewagopepuw.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_off0000da0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA0C 10812 bytes
SHA-256: c98012a5f296591345df01a8c202aea19fbc79d3571d5577203f48b67d3ab021
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2EB 18320 bytes
SHA-256: 7e2fe0e0cc082418e1e11e7d83dfe0218fe676d32202ef94805061b71aeeceae
font_02_sfnt_off00012336.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12336 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1