Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0645c2d7e5d1d649…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-08-21 05:03:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: a9a004a6268ee72cbfaba26d547e8e8a SHA-1: 8f7a31f3deab337d45d4ed935cb8ff41e4bb620d SHA-256: 0645c2d7e5d1d649a3eec8ad40221c2698b1f52ee37c33f76c492ce11c1b7abb
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=codigos+de+control+remoto+universal+isel+u-59 PDF link annotation
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a36c1151279edc403e1964011bd5ead/4036660310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxilitomerice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7169065938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/164624339460a0dae41a79e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d4912738a---98238896463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60276aa3c98a36f7bd392f7d946baf16/31406500559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourgardan.com/basefile/tourgardancom/files/xonojadojeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c955752cff89301052ae5e75d1b7fba/96292659374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wutesumidejuxozibadop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agapetown.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kikuwafujedatela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2da6c7c551323a194d51ecd883c6ecb2/80817389178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/konogoxumiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f41f035cc2a---marupojisodiluvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de13418a6d64752eb07e187ba4d7b8a0/36853932105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcc88aa473604d0018e7447e6de29170/30775496907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.fr/userfiles/file/vopimamewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://el-system.jp/uploads/2012/files/24886682416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/72645163665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnnhqb8icj5714k82ahv69jbfd/52107478501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d6c2e6a90---dusizesixibanalomezavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/25245429866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62e9e3f5d545c53f5c95a68693e105cc/refisukozatejovova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukrarska-vyroba.cz/UserFiles/File/tukotulumuvafulij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/79940967186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b842.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB842 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d054.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD054 14864 bytes
SHA-256: b43f1463c7225c9e5bba5b86342f11aee8abd5310828d55652f8c8a391d57bfd
font_02_sfnt_off0000f631.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF631 11244 bytes
SHA-256: a0cfbce2a70e3b5fce79f7136c7ea9dc34e7356d221390c6d7d478902d736ffe