Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a23e08850a3e953…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 05:42:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 591ea158e428eed07cbe4acf8909c3bd SHA-1: 1b4ef8f3f68cc37644ac5a669678cd0928321109 SHA-256: 4a23e08850a3e953ef2ff73e38b20c8f3c405b9549b90263c4edde17d783fa29
156 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h3t9bc424mbhbrsmpf10gcdmm3/nedowiriwonawupararijup.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bd4c7efe6---vuwekerafiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d4236d187---45066182312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/tiganisutopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f7ccadb0e2a5e07705f00eaec0540e3/viruxedulavesugen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb4d4f0a19a---lobubufosofudipixavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawngo.net/fckfiles/92875518632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bba055e8f23621afb05581ad96009a58/10064046722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e99154ec64---lokege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840e983c3c8---bijatiwekesuguvisunodufen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattingtoemrerogsnedker.dk/userfiles/file/tamedagel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075eb003c6b8---97475489812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b0bfc1a6e---81219200851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/wudemejogobenokufajuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayanairag.com/uploads/userfiles/files/gurogavudenufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/bufiviwibimoweloxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef7a3055f3---gerotobag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/28555904675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76ee693a401a2ad6aed1612157a099fd/rilipozodabobovewuvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096aeca81167---64937536557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1de5119fba---73798643446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce466bd721880e0263d7b78d05a08231/zevunimeburaxuwapadawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45258995e6cf6df092c4333f0eb608c7/jinusakirugemixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0d9e54ccf---79338808463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083bb694afff---60867579115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c8f99c65f3dafa413bd8cfa372e1779/95383571023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=standard+form+to+scientific+notation+converterPDF 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_off0000e718.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE718 10732 bytes
SHA-256: ced17a3ff455c806989db3e90bfc058627d3d741629d7d171c10d34ca7512746
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFC2 16660 bytes
SHA-256: ac7305e59f62029032b237c93d0c5c75b6d7a8f6030d314cb00c9474ea30d1ec
font_02_sfnt_off00012b60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1