Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04e924f398ecfd32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 23:11:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: abea9403d68a14e693f1d51a5d399a0f SHA-1: 571e8888d774124de98dd66c64044123218b2af9 SHA-256: 04e924f398ecfd326a9eca729f2c037df015ad88bd4d13beb11f0eb7776582fd
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 0.9951

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 http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/fiborutenetokepojomidapu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://taxiluzern.ch/khurasan/userfiles/files/63904506612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/40772036199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anipetkingdom.com/webroot/img/files/98187139360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0be8323a08---pasobavufapuwosejisajivit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/jawutipemoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/dowusotalaxadavix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rittenhousereunion.com/clients/a/ad/ad7d26974070b67854a29702aed78614/File/80312772161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/dumigizatetada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bona-agra.pl/Upload/file/gamitoxibivepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/55709948291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/48471989828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/64978202185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c13143a5b7---padozanasemokabubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/92743549322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8632ee35d18aeccdbb3d5c6ca6773a4a/78962677434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/73637964199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/42895553756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegroverestaurantnj.com/userfiles/files/retivavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/77872810460f18ff4c1439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yishiweb.com/upfiles/files/20210608_114817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/zunifuxopumiluxoriki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e4urp97lojlcnatf242sv2v27/farigizubowidepubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f27938498f---24521503183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=practice+solving+quadratic+equations+by+factoring+worksheetPDF 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_off0000b50f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB50F 16296 bytes
SHA-256: dc2c77770de9a50e458e9b7ada6852b24d0cebed027e06a7745a7820ad82a7c1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dec6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEC6 11500 bytes
SHA-256: f381fbc8e34f3baad93ca0ea86636b8a5ce63e31ce5d2aa3e8ff3c7244b35933
font_02_sfnt_off0000f983.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF983 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1