Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2658bd1922594170…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:32:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 7dbf9697c22c19a5141a6e56da408849 SHA-1: 6991fa1343913bd63e2fd3b5fb63034a9562f3b0 SHA-256: 2658bd19225941707b72cb4871072abb0c6e0a82c09fa810052560938e87a11f
184 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 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=guia+lonely+planet+cuba+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://topup-fight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dilixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a38d9lbtg7u1ekovkbsgb9la9f/1963961495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apotekatia.ba/fajlovi/29766258310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098769d530ab---lamidizovutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongcohonda.com/userfiles/file/xetupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6168a080a2---70617782455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31848845225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xexumipimafewid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tekizolasyon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81190664747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6a6494577---36574260437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/xumilinudiguzarekabev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607816764c5c2---30580408587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhs1978.com/clients/d/dd/dd8db5a278a7ad55a2ada34b8e38ebcc/File/moxoxepuvanozibovade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdpq.hungminhits.com/files/uploaded/files/49138836662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koslita.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nisajuzusisovisosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6usqb10mmcjjb84828dqp19ga/61815851356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yishiweb.com/upfiles/files/20210618_105141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linpus.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/dipikuluti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d1be6655d---20999970128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://178.62.148.222:300/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotafufuzedava.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jsi0bdpa7v95ug6tkcp68pouqa/roxivefesirezafukow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apple888.vn/luutru/files/54684895673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpbullies.com/clients/2/2c/2c827f09d77a589c2c5c7da8c033a3f4/File/33895838117.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_off0000ea00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA00 19632 bytes
SHA-256: 7b2e5cffc89d27df6c3c3f0e3f2bb3186a114788517fe5e5975b0400aa5d4675
font_01_sfnt_off00011c99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C99 10736 bytes
SHA-256: b42a8cb92ddfa636e591b02ea246902e13cfd40ae45729dd60770ffb241263f4
font_02_sfnt_off0001352e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1352E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1