Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1203b2e711dcd0a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:28:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 5a9af3c82d4e64fbc0c704dcca9ef8cc SHA-1: b3719f3b2ee1f5e2a6571a712044862631f44919 SHA-256: 1203b2e711dcd0a465487706e4cbd21c36b9b46b171d7e0539bd4f69ad74420e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. 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 0.9974

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=new+born+baby+names+in+telugu+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161000d13e1e21---62581534763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rawujozasalidajetodimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mancomunidadvaldizarbe.com/userfiles/files/todigedodokabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soundupgrade.nl/site/data/ws/files/52737726988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8be3dcd1b---fotijaripajoginofet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyo-g.net/userfiles/file/87523862832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ba46978d1---furomov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mazaxowijikevan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphampmc.com/upload/files/pajori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e616d86141197e34ecfdc43c294732e/37120315763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21127010838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b76l4tvh0shqb9dtqsf3g839mg/takufojevapazeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608218d27814f---tujerewadekofuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headlinesdinerla.com/uploads/files/36423529967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzaidele.com/images/upload/File/50072174020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xeroxexpres.cz/userfiles/file/nukeseredawisilop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runnersavezzano.it/public/userfiles/file/dagerutubel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzion-palice.cz/content/rusiwenigaxilojopivuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.utn.ac.cr/sites/default/files/files/xevasatefilate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7nkbcajt46pbrhmg8celeoa11d/filubiwarulixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cc-loges.com/uploads/file/rozugufatovulawekowipidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-housing.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofedulonafimapilaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60F7D0E07B45F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119d436614f1---filumonifebugoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/rebelofonef.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_off0000edfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDFA 17412 bytes
SHA-256: 258f80dd123f931ea97f744860c0933ede4c5f9397cea90104550d3fa77d9392
font_01_sfnt_off00011b5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013375.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13375 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 4280fd089429464901597111df591a6566a5d5fe97a474f1f4f92175c2ab45b9