Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec5e552722e1b0e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-08-13 03:10:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: d9e42c43564083c4f1315fd0e21eb30a SHA-1: 28712072cf7b4ee230e54c6d07982ab2c12cd284 SHA-256: ec5e552722e1b0e424ccff9d750a50de9c60804c9a3e7aa446a54ce5a088ab70
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 0.9991

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 http://picassooutdoorliving.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/37812447891.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c15aaa13a41d9be1c17ce77afd81252b/15842673850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987a0dd3fc7---43264085505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607040534916f---99915631089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waypl.pl/upload/File/fiperepovatekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.net/uploads/images/files/49969915533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe9297c8a3efc8053ae3331fa82fbd2c/5244663918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://propellerclubsandiego.org/uploads/files/92496994799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusbetaja2.com/contents//files/jijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9he624bdek2rffqt8fu0081mor/radikanozizatexolumuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l1ujv0hoo4r38hortta3k3nbs3/29190954027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609d4227431e4---93988686195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e823b4ea9704cbf88c287fc2f0fa0529/pijaxozusavafimudumimufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57954938148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/libqvr0r4eqjomdnbesoikk4te/dukewejuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4h6nlvnj4bnel02sd6tn5i5b00/nelujabosipix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopabrang.com/images/files/pisemevikesibevorivomawif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b20d87995c5c26b36c49e8c298417a79/74080644096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ede968e7735---fekegir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7e4a19b598---40386541007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itkaufmann.com/images/fckimages/file/sasek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kme-kme.cz/files/file/45051893030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appchecar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31912129533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+bixby+visionPDF 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_off0000f693.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF693 17644 bytes
SHA-256: fb1e1ec954c50f08a46b5eb7213a11f9f068b52db8afc4d8c26dacc1a99a9057
font_01_sfnt_off00012428.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12428 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 2a4664e6e9a7ecc50c641fc5d8127ff0e80fd74834103f21f8258fdac70d60a9
font_02_sfnt_off00013c35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1