Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a9530d6c805442a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:12:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: c7bb0439e91deecb195ffc7989c8bc91 SHA-1: 3421b84b55fa4a5f69b8c988880a71952cbbca3e SHA-256: 1a9530d6c805442a704edb658afcd456f0253cf1c6e274472579f14aef6f58d4
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 0.9978

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 http://epicridesnepal.com/files/56333179319.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viwoluxegesejonajidep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.com/imgdish/files/37570985226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongchangkj.com/uploadfile/file///2021083013444993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32676169698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/85807101100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6h412g9pin4a050keka9so8787/78581380255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serwisnawigacji.pl/userfiles/file/xofepibare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://problemconsulting.com/img/download/files/womegesukapejajovixoweri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb56cce324---22828690659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sqx.cc/upImgFile/file/20210514091108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saothienemb.com/uploads/images/files/74684959224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/24291783217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b365e8de4b0---domosopoguleberijepoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettipassarinmarzotto.com/userfiles/files/31103812671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8cickv1ut0mcb89mmfmsm4gq6/joveriminojawurek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84296015338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mq1jblkggm815si5c5ki81m9d4/paxolofudibiwegamox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/wurivukapisafavij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/21731532404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/79550652818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honyi.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/file/xaxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlakepaint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gudaninovik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=possessive+pronouns+quiz+pdfPDF 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_off0000b61b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB61B 15848 bytes
SHA-256: c7ec93a90fe03416ab2f54948b41348fd3eac7d4a6d41c7edb08f76c750b13dd
font_01_sfnt_off0000de82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE82 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 6ac80fcbff3c8e1c0882cbac12bc2bfa8dbc8f44865cfb52e749662fd2d0c1cd
font_02_sfnt_off0000f68f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF68F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1