Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 316223500a345d80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:45:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ad68f2a5e53654fccad639b3ed851425 SHA-1: 6e95bbad4766d54ea606213d2a18e9ce434471ba SHA-256: 316223500a345d8045753fe1ee2b976771b8c2fc55ff58be00c349354d19bd72
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

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-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718f7adeeb6---vugibaxuruvineduvamidulem.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hrzservices.com/uploadfiles/file/28436161690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/fofol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daketew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscartridge.com/pic/12162506738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab64414602---76883058370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/suxakoxifafemuxunuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satyamtracparts.com/userfiles/file/85559332384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exihomes.com/userfiles/files/65787124072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vresponse.net/userfiles/file/dusufitexipowozimujerax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859fe1abe57---58202412081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chupwo.com/editor_upload/file/fewazupelenikaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088973d295de---fidave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7csq24mgluv40i25pmsu9k1kmr/jamefevotarotik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f784275db1---gifugavoxefojitukijivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soccerauquebec.com/userfiles/file/44096760648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/196d66d16cd83cf6db285f1961a3b73a/21726315763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55e5381bdb33d4fca15fa5298c40d21c/12556831157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/5289182598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wipaphun.com/UserFiles/File/8791305544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/92973072451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a544c7d685336e71b9708a3f696dabcf/zesare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quesnelbusinessnetwork.ca/userfiles/file/nirir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=an+applied+approach+calculus+10th+edition+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_off0000b9a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1B9 15592 bytes
SHA-256: 972682b6b7bc3efebd28923b3a00ff861db5e22321704e4845497d3832c501f8
font_02_sfnt_off0000f96a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF96A 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 277ed12e326b6d28e110707f38851c7d31e96c46fda6b17f1570d49e76dd2ed5