Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef35899ab4bf479a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 01:50:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: b1ec7a8a340cd0691223ee4dad1a73ab SHA-1: 39f7b74806de5ad59d0b5c003bc91fe7ff09bafb SHA-256: ef35899ab4bf479ac69f5bba37c1bbe66f4164b77eac8a2da67aacf5ac04928e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a fake browser/software-install lure. 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 0.9951

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
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1206f100de3154eb8cf49fa3cf90821/99846596068.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ccdcad320---fagavoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/34766095931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/zatufigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e57e431861---jifezosagujazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/43639545977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burrburroughsfamily.com/clients/55468/File/kovurorukevopiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/55789640345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabrikangka.com/contents//files/dafajilujawaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detikakdeti.ru/img/file/viwifufizasawaserumenov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c41cc6096---xufagopobipunukeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bbdf8636ef2e18fd18d2aeac20f1c84/33481925133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079004c83438---29111098123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/36989898053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4908151e3e373e79beae1d630352c692/masif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b431b2b8518cc18351ec24854268122c/xepofona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e16698ef84153875dfbfa6b986cd836/63985477926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/mevixexibesapigefizan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f20fcc9ce---66297928335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078453de5020---minilogodalikop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eatatrudy.com/uploads/files/7547779510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d74c856ab1f7340b5bd5dbe51e2ca028/lakuruzeruvoditofufilezow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/lekiwigizenunotobodulos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210504013703386649850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33835276725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=chrome+manually+add+saved+passwordPDF 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_off0000e4cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4CB 10864 bytes
SHA-256: ed5cfa85bb02fd9fc9cd3f98cc347a406a766e3167d8e7d9c79180fcf703a213
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDCC 17024 bytes
SHA-256: 8dd32bbcc1d782d98093bd63c31ca8d38fd1d2c48437e8f7066837d6274dabbe
font_02_sfnt_off00012a94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1