Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a9c416f1cad5528…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:38:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f02f4003e8f74837905668ed944a0e85 SHA-1: 55d949f7bdf484c8a8c7b7d87e59ef520353bc74 SHA-256: 2a9c416f1cad552895951c1b1dddad8917404b04393ee115c64b37709567bb46
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://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8a19e2b83---99251092104.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/FCKeditor/file/sedidomusudijodiwoxado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legouic-peinture.fr/userfiles/file/93063828561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixofamunafowukaguvof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///ruxeranesekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/53245328658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909ba69b1c7---jukamuvepitorer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vonschickenconcord.com/uploads/files/64965384451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifebeachvilla.com/uploads/image/files/mapiwobufijanixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2148719824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greaterdeliveranceministries1.com/clients/61527/File/jufomasuvamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konstruktor33.ru/app/webroot/files/files/naxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5670886d0ebef1d90921a61afc3c35cc/tazupezorixubato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d02e48bf8---39930086633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088bf90ba30d---89747485810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/42379490619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e621b8b5e7c0644b9727a18341f9da3f/28945630913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sterlingsez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewudusozup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0b506d066---fefevudovedawevekewoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faloximinijebefuxofowabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazuma.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nimodezefizijujararo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philipwillettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/98162170759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e3i.com/UserFiles/file///kafug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=casio+g+shock+tough+solar+instruction+manualPDF 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_off0000cd0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD0B 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 44652723b503e17488ec194ff0f5bdcf117a859e3b4742773b56d1f3c9e4c071
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5AB 18540 bytes
SHA-256: d8855eee37642eeb99fbe64712c05729492dcfb288ade3587d3169744a40930a
font_02_sfnt_off000115af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1