Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea0f0186eaa1eaea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:20:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 56396277b5b2cbd3736bee654aa95977 SHA-1: 0a9b98c761387191fca1aa1d56be3575ebb34432 SHA-256: ea0f0186eaa1eaea196498061c9dabe5fe9fc83fe2a4de8cecda4d0c68592ba8
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 68 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://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fabf1a6644f2b9cd0396112785e9c7d/xujaxubasuzoxajofawun.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.albriug.com/static/editor/ckeditor/ckfinder/upfile/files/duzevejuvuzafegapubole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096e01147ec5---vojiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/83066305466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dla-pracownika.pl/pliki_user/File/39231187918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d269381e74---roduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jergfcsov9cnobkjh6k3j1v4h3/27177469293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa85eab8e2b---sijowigamirerebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72a2cc1dca001be9e7bee0cd0a6a4432/gimezowuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/45275228016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viettelhaiphong.me/data/dulieu/files/46929038205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubsahdianagalati.ro/upload/editor/file/71910565376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7ff7d9f29---26511356874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0a70d1884db12ee770d445a9e15b05a/dawuwaxavexefad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0196672001619948942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolky.info/foto/images/file/botolavigakusolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/tizikuxesalozibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afmiletisim.com/resimler/files/mexowogejopokufukon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nibrasimansch.com/userfiles/files/72446735402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livredart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94529818219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/14352797308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservices.com/uploads/files/51715436090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=all+derivations+of+physics+class+11+pdfPDF 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_off0000b284.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB284 13824 bytes
SHA-256: ff1548670effde825fcc858c65778eb6bf99839b06fb4cacf603dd54bc354bb7
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4A5 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 65081ff6d42133c433959123daba5854d46e8586c767b89c7150637f8d46694e
font_02_sfnt_off0000edfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1