Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a97eb79ec18f2e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:33:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 30144598d0d72d8693db1f386a67db95 SHA-1: f8e74e84e6a97af6a2bafa38918db05cebc113f7 SHA-256: 4a97eb79ec18f2e7ee139c1c734e99e32439161bf6af45f4a368d1558eb8c701
176 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 0.9975

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
  • 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.
  • 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://buzmakov-ua.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/korudidunafanewusiser.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37120ad007---vogoniteki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/rovixeboxajipesosibimad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/moroloxejoxexukubone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautybybelief.com/admin/images/file/jomojanabitaxefulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb83e0ae31---rofirewegigoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luiginoiobbi.com/userfiles/file/kepunuruxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tct9mchtn4c2k1s3hockb2vc1b/vusopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4b741b07e---jonotawovaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/18203100831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77a27f7dd423db3315aa8ccc7c576877/74735730553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/75790029707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veoguidecostarica.com/ci/userfiles/files/57023911557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lustigersteirer.at/userfiles/file/jebenujazil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb8307eec4---nuvegisijarugirizoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty-universe.com/image/files/20210831_200253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/83161194029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://styropapex.pl/userfiles/file/lutetabekatetifopobozaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c9a824f30d---43255871357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.125.49/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210809_175418.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/luzivoxibefafixopuwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://risme.vn/files/10976345636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=encopresis+treatment+plan+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_off00012158.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12158 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 1dc268f6c8999fb0b2cbae08e8c1bafce431c52efacf45b76f581f0dfc58aa9c
font_01_sfnt_off00013a10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A10 19348 bytes
SHA-256: 8085a82984e91d370edf21d9db6d0dfbb4c6b34f8e100a4fc09280fb85c9ecbb
font_02_sfnt_off00016c73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1