Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f14f74ae655e0937…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:23:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: e5b9a2e0ad9a42795532dd8154a57e40 SHA-1: dfb9d4609c319438c49d19a7f665b0fbbd3d5a14 SHA-256: f14f74ae655e09370fe2dd201ba9e71e7ca58677aef04be0488f3bb25f369464
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 0.9954

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 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://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/27370611022.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/25672673446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e0ea580fb---29505117892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12b85dffa8d8d9d40f6b1506846c2c13/pofogejeziwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kledingindex.nl/images/uploads/lugulibivazefakiduvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenna-ski.pl/userfiles/file/wujexekagotuwubepupuvus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d2211c513---nediwozenibewagaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamondsnspurs.com/clients/12200/File/wexakenula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/1354651850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/kezimuzozekup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/sonezatevafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9e18071377---wirozuraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b441be841d1---wegamituvujatanilukisoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brazilairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48457618863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinesacredshakti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b40bc81a58fe7fd687c2635061ee926/57219029807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25a0d43cb7db8e6e43a2f0f6d3850afe/jojilibulopigefonifaziguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlspublishing.in/data/eimages/file/71696657157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/36869890254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd0db8ebdb9---buzoxerodapexigixejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/beruzivilesuxuxaxepide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0766327acaae836504236476384bcd3a/xinovawagirorodig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanfrancescovet.com/userfiles/files/6934893019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b6f835e8a---gefomiweworodirajajer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakaryakasaplarodasi.org/userfiles/file/dasasatafanogamimek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=cuentos+de+eva+luna+isabel+allende+descargar+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_off0000b232.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB232 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA49 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 55883ca67f3ce6dd31e1f118faca15747e51402a31cda021866b10df5b17de90
font_02_sfnt_off0000e410.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE410 14220 bytes
SHA-256: c4b91531f3f616b9698d04e288a7b7b145eae9dee188efbe6d970eabccffa347