Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ca0f58b0787820d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:24:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: f5fcb1bdb18e8d4ceb94f48c94cb6f31 SHA-1: 0d9230de9f8994294426f3cd252a4ff33b3255d3 SHA-256: 3ca0f58b0787820df1381e4c8b31ec06b61a06469cb4596132e247a7bdf1943e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d801b90f653594bcc4e102448baa6a06/jujad.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hobbstownis100.com/clients/6/66/66141d04a4341350d76ae3a38785cb5a/File/95469368964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1v94s2p0a078f8m90d5tqs17q9/kikulunina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861085d874d---gafuvivowewif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/38256266810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/39176115198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camonetinternational.com/files/file/pijunawijuguves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biolabsrl.org/userfiles/files/sawikefumerutezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zetutegubugijoxipixuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nm-union.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koxivagosarijusowuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91706334475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.39koratmachinery.com/file_upload/files/livafogizemibelibote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwcasino.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxamisikatodudeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/17768101747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderjamesbackcatalogue.com/userfiles/file/toxuxoriwozarepoligowol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1kpargjhprusr1nnfs7c2r7j1/67995750229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongfangguohua.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tijegaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amgaa.org/temp//files/1134037235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mentaplywood.com/images_upload/files/pogedogufuxojegunozixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/67510899375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/sewasamaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjm5lht3v0p1bnsclaf6obe0q3/46884475468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/86606039251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrocom-spb.ru/userfiles/files/84144790095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=laws+of+logarithms+proof+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nikeworunikejikogime.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_off0000bd01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD518 10752 bytes
SHA-256: c2242770c322a61144504399307f0d2e1c5f91e079964774ec7f00cceb7f10f6
font_02_sfnt_off0000eda7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA7 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 72b1f47d68a81eb85cb58ca4b8e7640091fa7c0c9bc851d88164a890fbd37d9b