Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8783afe79d1cfcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:35:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 227e356de6bbb72ce03a30a7c1589700 SHA-1: f3446696b90feae0a7f33619b3d67f7fd12454f4 SHA-256: f8783afe79d1cfcfdb32a9cd4e40d698bafe67a229c15b953136af79ce171105
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 0.9978

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 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 http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/semewofosa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b50496476d76bba21fb3f7993c4ea41c/tibozipikovutulonuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff9badc4844---xirujifow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe83ccf5ba---surotaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjqyms.com/filespath/files/20210830171557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spzpoz-zdunskawola.pl/upload/file/dozipajutogegaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24c6caf935---xafomakaladipuwowusefaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tykhestudiodesigns.com/clients/7/73/7311521ca682816632878891c231d107/File/88918213134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fhhsclassof70.com/clients/4/42/42ce21dc30e429aa976ba070b22ccf93/File/vewofomevanotikotirex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/42466605982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c68b3a087e---32814415877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae7009961a---mofudawaberivigubugunaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/11123882324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zodikomexosojopuvavipafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darstin.com/userfiles/files/14532038361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2dd681423---22652419114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuffalony.com/uploads/files/medoxinazimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzlakart.com/files/9338980507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/tipafudutagevibif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///tewutezekokijixejufoneto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bqjkrndm8eb1lu5kqhpf1o2jc/98453901227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1bd409b8b---89316386772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/31685020140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=measurement+conversion+word+problems+worksheets+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_off0000b5cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5CB 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 620596adb28dbf95eb7f03300ec84b1ad6084401441b32d4f15c40410ef24ecd
font_01_sfnt_off0000d02e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD02E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e840.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE840 14252 bytes
SHA-256: 2a57f3297f338706dfd7f8e94f0b94b72eda2e53a87e3be988d892c8e4a4654d