Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f7f8f1daf8710e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-08-03 09:25:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: dc5776374a8fe7c86e63c8c2e8b91f9c SHA-1: c6ded0309f3b63b2dd069d95d9553f17559f09fd SHA-256: 4f7f8f1daf8710e0fb16ee020956638ff8df393447557218171b00e147dae730
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 0.9937

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://riasztoszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/gamewexumalejaxikerem.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d463eb0be0f59fd18bcb79f8d70a6e78/sigovinosuzovatuxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eaa932676ab46314c2ce34a1b08c12f/jozazojupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2eb6f51f62---23847076866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f29c84b9a3---43627965766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78fe94e603---xusora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ec017d63e25b0cb17b1e2160fed1292/46288205535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/llrgmn62m66u32suho3nh8q8k1/84412795217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c70aecf45a4d5abd27b3b2e1cdd7c96c/34929806530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/9504080651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/68143790687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4b5c877f74---daxamumum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95f496ecf5---57442499277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/36060897034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5b1c7c2680bc4d3fa5ae652bcae881c/sazuvoxubano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/46210633507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16043143144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/wasevikekin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/83113986295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61016176633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e0988e9db---likejoxepuzoziditetupin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de474237928f515aa1714f4949c01661/vasopujufozedodefujoxexam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mclandpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/fukavulosesij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hack+gems+in+growtopia+pcPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f1b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B8 17192 bytes
SHA-256: 380b2323ee39edafd367fa6f75214503a146b2a9316726f25dc3a0ffcd648a18
font_01_sfnt_off00011e69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E69 16376 bytes
SHA-256: 0c133022d1e9883d2ff7035cf84f1fa0be9cfa0d671266bc5a940283bc0f9855
font_02_sfnt_off00013492.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13492 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 47b57770791c040e97e68baa1a258f3636540dc62fcc5ce51cd8732b9653b230
font_03_sfnt_off00014dda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1