Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 137279281f50f359…

MALICIOUS

PDF

133.3 KB Created: 2021-07-29 17:12:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 0a670888dab1c2f7c174e3bf4fbaef36 SHA-1: e65fcbc7f49f9c826784abae515ab2d27c533511 SHA-256: 137279281f50f359ecbe829104bf4ae7ae7bb4ecd79ff5cb296fa7466cb4430d
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 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=australian+english+grammar+book+pdf+class+10 PDF link annotation
    • http://summithigh75.com/clients/867147/File/wivivigexobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happypalettebnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/pagozaretim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/42675477389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agapetown.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giwetanonidibekupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4phdaai1seubrge5s14fco1j2/27185074937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4c8f873020---7921049049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/7881113770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kozhikodedeaf.org/admin/my_files/file/15788056352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a741c605c---kuporinajubozuvolupafav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c9fe3ce4f---54824466521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nanvog2etqkh4ksb20jper1bct/38455465479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607114b4af2bb---gamasofusijezedimejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b56271bb74---fakejabafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/zalemixutexojitoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5d8789679---1160626277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f932c585a9d---18240969576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/panojob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhcom.vn/userfiles/file/gipefigofumazagarukowep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e922c0fdf---52180022380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/mexowis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cqau0d6rsi9oi0t64bpjevpfg/24543082331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychaybocaocap.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/dabodepumidetux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocinti.eu/userfiles/files/1266967165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a28ca3001---tadenidezirufakinirusazuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smarttechsolutionukltd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/vabopapemikaragatuw.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_off00019872.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19872 11556 bytes
SHA-256: 013c0e6702406cd6fcb287d57b5921298d21dbb429d3428c7b4cd02013e3ddb5
font_01_sfnt_off0001b345.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B345 21672 bytes
SHA-256: c86d7d8e43915df332a562a0c6ae156e4679f043934ce4a6e4db2114ddfea732
font_02_sfnt_off0001ed06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1ED06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1