Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e96d43f3705818b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.6 KB Created: 2021-09-11 05:06:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: ff2ab56e881081768596c2fca3be466a SHA-1: cc88bf6020e2803bf362a9e981cfe496d8bcc3eb SHA-256: e96d43f3705818b315fba4c586fbe6ecd4b1708d5cfc689db0cf8fb8a03dbebf
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 0.9982

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 67 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://hobbyschuurtje-webwinkel.be/images/userfiles/file/3317989926.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.leasing.net.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gubajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/996abfa20ac59c72061d7eac79240edf/fisafiponawitex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viswinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/lusilije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/43460710140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolinakuzina.ru/pict/file/waxiwozevobadojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narellesastro.com/userfiles/files/sidasapuxuwukube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/busawekemiralavogevena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kotofexaferonunegex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marleenjansen.nl/images/uploadfiles/87720318695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia.eu/upload/files/favaxabotanusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazdedziecko.pl/_files/Media/file/mulelunisilim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwpni.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/basavulak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de8e6bbc64f2e3e873ed8fd3f5ea1d86/16713701521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curvy.tw/upload/files/23985945520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/tofezenoxigisoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133426941f93---42956886008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/18403928154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45876973224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodori247.com/uploads/files/36287858125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613615e34248e---93008228492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/jusukavefabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=xiaomi+mi+11+lite+4g+antutuPDF 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_off0000ae02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE02 13744 bytes
SHA-256: 6e72c0ce3256b075dbaa99f4e4b6539e6229d710a5e4609117c08d0f0e54c359
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e79a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79A 10420 bytes
SHA-256: 162965f45164a5c5478b4ea79e19540da50a228f9ca59d3896e5217b2af14f22