Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f130124516b2824…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-08-07 07:01:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 13b94a714806397979f53dfd31043744 SHA-1: cd6e4d4405e989916ff860655a2f646bb1d61fd3 SHA-256: 4f130124516b28249b645b6a78739ec8161b77df9a232f50a3f9045271a43094
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 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://exantusfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/96/968554593547eb574606130639276270/File/wikawajowutasumizo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ddu-hk.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kizugewis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de938dcf80---54568658257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5a56797001---girosakowuranudelejus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lottfamilyreunion.com/clients/878857/File/5334222984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0gk239hsdgo93tqp2pcc5oee95/91369805435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhtaitung.com/CKEdit/upload/files/dovad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f78f5c2ec---22135783523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/pobuvenubisebome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94a079d2a385491dce801c6fb129cb9e/51315233876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f6d799986---74708110408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/relavowabofovez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace441d1dac---813024864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a087746336b---70985868016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f161beb277---litizexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/gusiwibotejifisug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffd05979eedfcd009bb65e90f3e70d5b/44341163270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d504335d8c0eb5ed51ff24b4c80aa9d/25021664190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05q71mavkvbupabka7o88lhp83/tuwuwoguduxudodidep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/tufixomuvor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/88727716992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/80213125112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/wuxexule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsalumni1971.com/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/31180360959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=bengali+movie+bondhu+full+movie+downloadPDF 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_off0000f48a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48A 10880 bytes
SHA-256: fd31e24f30f287d53a081d9cc34a44be85d718129f7d09afc1b94a8bbb996be0
font_01_sfnt_off00010d52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012564.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12564 16748 bytes
SHA-256: 9a89a6a2beff283d5c53927ef61aaaf796ff4f90d57757e79a2f34599c259e07