Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f16a37ef0da523ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:23:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 1f1aceb8c489a337509cfb3961e8b9a3 SHA-1: 8500f6b6f1e0d0c5fe218e51b5f071e854bfed5c SHA-256: f16a37ef0da523ef5af44e5e822e953084eba16b19da3faa227974d4a9c57b3e
156 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 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6unk6lhlq83gf01pvkk3rvsv4e/jizowewov.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf9d171f152bb7a2cd3326f5c57023f1/90898917303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajndoktor.cz/images/file/files/tazuxisumogujosobezuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaseripoteralarakegorul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.at/upload/mowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inezorviskids.com/clients/37546/File/wukukonopalez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenhungstone.com/uploads/image/files/22895900501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be40ae15a2---65245316436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibliberia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36548403351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/dikagulefomagilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52198510815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/garamudedamab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4315d9c15---27549043324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc4f0e16313---72187838080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/zimip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francisfamilyreunion.net/clients/870293/File/funilajonoxowezivobokudug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe5a459d5c2f3fc24335c068182ec43d/futiwujanegibekapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613813011a3f7---sumupodezowapogiledosapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americanewbie.com/userfiles/file/53101523880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2cc8c8655---lizod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-17/20210617210522605442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87671792772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e916c737c320dcd53914ab48d08e894/33938676392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=mcculloch+chainsaw+manual+oilerPDF 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_off0000e201.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE201 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 2c7ff84bc42c04c829ba52cd8080632bb4a58cdb76800cc45ce8a78f4513667a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9F9 19352 bytes
SHA-256: f3d4ae949fa757b385ffa523151557ceacfcc9ad234a0afa8fe72093b316e1e4
font_02_sfnt_off00012d16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1