Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0078e95cf5478fe9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-08-22 00:00:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 73961bccf65052aac633e13a5f61c7c8 SHA-1: 668753f477ddf68a228d1a9d584f959a1db6b9d5 SHA-256: 0078e95cf5478fe9645a0fd39029b995978d5a10a09b6057431f08f1a9817ede
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. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://capitalsyndic.com/userfiles/file/14772983021.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/800a6a385b57a3489b66e62f0b39ad0b/zirepilodikotaribisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangonebike.com/uploads/file/44139183024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womensmentalhealthmd.com/clients/9/9a/9a9ccad1be43d50cbc9928f06550b956/File/sewitaxevavebokusonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb080333370d7bbc0af2ec323edc091b/40183202625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.ps/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79940645114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b952df43287---lidoxisad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/tuzerixafiribojogibale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65e446f9036756f5d3cf716faa354d02/xusisigizup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/zazixuregomakovavut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geosond.pl/userfiles/file/sokadatejiposupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a25484208684a5771b6daaef8537e3de/muvepusunotugig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccc18e01284---joselixepiruseki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrislahoda.ca/userfiles/file/pokotabiwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/50584464867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxgear.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78627077769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qwert5.com/psum/admin/userfiles/file/82343321111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/pudemigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/54747883405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/tutul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bc262c2dde56986ccd6e5f321519960/bexadaloxanuwefeboxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4a732eec1---fuxokitonasimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinslock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41149548832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/tobipamixibuvopuredor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nena-artspace.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zemolepujotasuralam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guoyangmoju.com/userfiles/files/41154473128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=is+roomba+the+best+robot+vacuumPDF 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_off0000f049.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF049 16864 bytes
SHA-256: 26bdf7de9aedbe422b22a4606eb3a1d554626aeafca2b33a7d60d3201531f5c9
font_01_sfnt_off00011c48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C48 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 8cd6a4485377428375e598f536ade884d63d2a7233104dd71fc58d4972f5ce47
font_02_sfnt_off00013455.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13455 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1