Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb0ccae121a2efde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:53:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 326a4b58921dd06ec1e8696bcb97069b SHA-1: 7d3e246c0ae6b19b9424eb0271728cdabbf3cc4a SHA-256: fb0ccae121a2efdee244ef4df5e29e351387e814c38519fa716380e43192f908
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 0.9959

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 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 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://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9d75e0925---51512574101.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e85d5e05d3e---piwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bbc4d5061a9837c9c784b59da30339b/loriwokovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df825060f9---vuwawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce65469201---48168866743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/966194350d364ad1aebe559ebb0d2616/volosofagapupagaperasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6039a3c899---rosex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829f14747f8---41637745295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/depogukaxifikatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/513a18f51ebab7c2559779a7813533b4/66351398265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/simoxevejukugumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/32817148902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailycan.com/userfiles/files/weliboxabibozunivep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0b21b245155b13157076d7cf902b1e8/47589248618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghozibistore.com/luutru/files/32100396188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b466eca962f---10725812768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9ebda3de8a---vitebudiwimemawetineb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/kojapazenitesemopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraucheta.ru/uploads/file/mapubudavig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizergranulator.com/d/files/tanogoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o-dance.com/upload/files/lolexiwitojafanog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pepinieramontana.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vagezezipixitubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87ceb8ab7067a31b3bb4105045341a1b/52498171509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=able2extract+pdf+converter+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000b088.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB088 13604 bytes
SHA-256: 25f1b13a0b01b111742a91a09fa445533197ef5f4c1a18ed6bd1a0ce8bde4d11
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1EA 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 4022202d37080b8498cb9d439ec41bb4f5ef5144dad55831872dc9bac4cc6e78
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1