Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3529da639eacf13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-22 16:24:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: d06859d5ad518b2f70dfb1af2a6a488e SHA-1: 5919235ae7cdd77dc31c6aaab642b10851079255 SHA-256: f3529da639eacf131e7223cb9c298b3bdb7db90ab7ddb64cd18a60e8f6f35eff
164 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 urgency-based 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 0.9912

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f90128e458d---74168067406.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.toeterloeh44.de/files/mavagojomovanilulinovige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mogilew.ru/userfiles/file/gatetejixexowugetudesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71855806564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jorkurojus.com/userfiles/file/gewinisimogig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/958b8d358c9833b6e22f3e518f0a760c/87363757059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e561fab2326---11325194178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5ed761b7d9---82875676497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///sokevefutadalejome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.ca/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/bojabuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/noxojixegeguxaxedavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bc926ff814ed28c29a36391aad544d3/79596446577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd174e42d12b39ad3aca8ad03c9312ae/73046083157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contextuae.com/resimler/files/xonakiwatipigopoforoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gp45f4lgfaj4m9kpoqeofu642u/dimulunevaxuvuvobawemeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f2c7b8e47afb20211dedab27568cddb/78261542481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/guliposuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartopack.com/Images/file/dulowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/77475451047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7357279d7a---37018744159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfrostov.ru/upload/files/gefadegejazemoluka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akhsmombasa.com/clients/861898/File/99684464231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunwayhk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/96490164795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projectmine.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74212274494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+psychology+atkinson+and+smith+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_off0000ee10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE10 17836 bytes
SHA-256: 952f2ef4d5f86cb577bbdaf6a5458900dade6f796e0e82c5dbe1d0af7d976211
font_01_sfnt_off00011cd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD1 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 0e246087531e55c72226c6569d35daaf8eb47648aed1fe3b00c8922e22e783b1
font_02_sfnt_off000136a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1