Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 144c12ddf63fcc75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-23 14:37:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 9c9b473db3818ddd10cdcaa0f432e730 SHA-1: 79191a76218136e187a832e5e2840ae6e6b555d1 SHA-256: 144c12ddf63fcc75651aff9df1f38dadb9792fb112e62baae0bb821a26a3233a
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 0.9955

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://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otej7hanlnnij5qqgvsj4dvuj6/79682868971.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3a9e9edf1---11636953048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wetusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a49ff07427a20b4439607df8e581446c/detunevovafedomev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onsijsselstein.nl/userfiles/files/xisuvomikuvinizenuxawulor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc20244fc2---kebovonavedekezobowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47788209089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d80bcf58a657f3bb6e03cedade81c4d5/xidakajudafawanugiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l87hnofe1ue8fovoo3n7elmfn7/dasedopawilusiwejupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paynechapelduquesne.org/clients/9/9b/9b910c66cef3ae2d1bb1fd5804160a19/File/wafugami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/tejatufawij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95c0f59700a3c0392274da55884b5bb9/73454983412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c3ffb98f3---57387156977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/niwataka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5942261b4b57459a1471dba52d266718/zevarinanobikoxirexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/71676393172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanmarinreunion.com/clients/c/c0/c0747301521b2fcd71a0106c9132c7e7/File/13386922738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nw-line.ru/generic/uploaded/44247202848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/files/wokema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/widubigogepepalop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945a1351ee8---voponebajigegufasuduras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=naruto+uses+1000+years+of+deathPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF71 7756 bytes
SHA-256: b86c61fedd408cad13f1317511f3f0b3f8d31fcc81f30d29b1b8755bc2735f08
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9E7 18720 bytes
SHA-256: 5da7d94b48c3f9508ee13ac745967b65ac3c90ffb0649b5957b6cb652320f2a3
font_02_sfnt_off00012a67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A67 10576 bytes
SHA-256: b4115dabff2787c7bb9abd67993f356b87d572d785eac8dee71d49a4117c0d9c
font_03_sfnt_off000142cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1