Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcb659b061b56f26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.4 KB Created: 2021-08-10 13:25:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 07244f2cc6dfee9425f903d38a8f7a24 SHA-1: ac5f10b77e502198acfbc2b3954a5cae4e659172 SHA-256: fcb659b061b56f26c66792852f5fc15cb016e39c388ae1bf8e74f9baf2b0b30b
196 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 0.9968

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7e166a013024a5a37d8b64902b9a5f1/23471983692.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a71cb06474863bd84ee3f399a89b44c/binopokosifovusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contelex.it/userfiles/files/xobotaluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/pukopelimopafob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e95145f6bf5c57f5ee3585b0c862237/vopebedejanujopepegeravil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/rofogejutidiwabuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51178821f6afafdfae7ad1f926f35c42/nojofupatokowaweseduxeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietspices.asia/uploads/files/zewipolasadokamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87r7it10rkg4nc4nc5qaohlca4/29972937895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/nanazagowubelowupigepubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzhrjd.com/images/uploadfile/files/jasafadit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--72c7caerxx0d3a9eve.com/UserFiles/File/xazajiwezejezalumipumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0gfcclcjastr65keqg301kfm3/81987723080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elvirajogsi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sebakanupobotavenupegiwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakclubhn.com/campannas/file/86498472711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pchs1967.com/clients/b/b3/b38b0c0be7ceca4b309dcb684d78a7c5/File/32240319636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088246548042---59816967667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8lb2n06mpf6saji29tv0t2te4/lafefepivovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nplsukt2p4530cffd5d1a5ame5/vurefagamuvujaxobegatan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads//files/202108062111114125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francescofesta.it/userfiles/files/66888092304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/lamanumatitonofugoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gt-outillages.fr/ressource/site-image/files/pufigudamibeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=is+vanicream+ph+balancedPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000149bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149BD 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 54cc643154fc8856c8260757c646871716976b9048a122c3ec5653b1a66a0525
font_01_sfnt_off000161d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161D8 1696 bytes
SHA-256: 6a75b9764b76a2c6f7d152a8c92a24b73a4a005bccce61d7a5a969a6a70935e7
font_02_sfnt_off000169f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00018207.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18207 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 781683c254579f13d627c613c9edef307bcefb2e9750a5f04e71fa10ec4f4251