Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1be4d23957e5829…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-07-31 21:31:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 4cecaa684ac61e9ebb53dc930cca0e45 SHA-1: 2898d2ff3ad4fa82650554d70f89db16d1a4c048 SHA-256: f1be4d23957e582944ab9fc8b8184c88ac0d9fbd2960669369911dbb3df72611
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. It uses an "enable content/editing" 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 0.9985

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
  • 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.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
  • 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://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b04bd4f033---januxokatifupapiwikupen.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d05992eaee---tajagegenitolek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/guval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpiezasinasel.com/userfiles/files/33137868333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a5d66d718---29192432348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weiddy.com/uploads//files/202107300944084086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd02b1eab4e082940a0d631a03fc0b0a/mejufakor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcfb47d4fa699da3cca53bce6cac6288/43844326829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytalk7.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/texetagafif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef53916cd1---11356715538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8806h17u0o2a2gpla5lq89488t/pusujepepobirufomixas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/kodewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/nikubakekom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/kaxerosefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobardinisrl.com/userfiles/files/98855890498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3cbf30ee0b---dowezuzekuliridulot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forthepeoplegov.com/userfiles/file/27370960376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607807040622d---39059164035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ij9dqr5l2cd9djdv2kvhpni749/wonasevanijupoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202107160432142829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74246d6c41bf84b8d2316d7fe856a27d/16118617340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3972d87eefb75dc99073b30d15929b20/vafixojebikarowuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/vamitazogixiramutopow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=dream+league+soccer+2021+hack+monedas+infinitas+apk+mediaf%C4%B1rePDF 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_off0000fc22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011439.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11439 11600 bytes
SHA-256: 736d0fac39d35f8e7b2a53c56ebe954ba52401789e783ab6c4933ab34a8dfcb2
font_02_sfnt_off00012f67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F67 18396 bytes
SHA-256: 5d329ab2241d7f8648edf4486ac3ffe8a06f448fd45366dcb0f51ea2137fb8ed