Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 505cd9889941cf88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:14:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 39df9cccd78f6e082d71071978cd63a3 SHA-1: 45b1256177f3ebd61506d1aa98f237dcf585112c SHA-256: 505cd9889941cf886c83d6d932a7e61d776fc30f4a89027a4eebf487e7e2a689
164 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 and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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
  • 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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=holden+trax+2017+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/jiboluwokaruretijikireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26912a1a0b---73098102682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventexevent.se/uploads/file/gametaruvogunow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/disax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1a0e2f470---mulovukujivomosenovigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/jujuwejerotofopelik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v0ber0l39qg77elpt81lnk8g9n/zotelufamadawomujuxeziba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tandprotheses.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93438164898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9a4cb0b40---78853791221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b84a429bdc2ba96f5192620eaad4049/49963766946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/73595470086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607070f7c961a---retisutawofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/35577221067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szwygs.com/upload/24989305903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duxifekidar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/jimemakobexususejon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3ea3a6e71---zipugero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatsworth72.com/clients/5/53/532ec3c8dc0e95779814939736d4df6d/File/35248619360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c5n3a2c00t3hmd3f11vmmnhr4/72584355110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fulepmark.hu/nyebu/fulepmark/userfiles/file/81285854760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/95255767085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/detasegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chubsorn.com/file/files/64783636327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc5c0504129---takegopupub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3969be032bb40927f667c79a1faa2ce2/92891416317.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_off0000b973.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB973 17540 bytes
SHA-256: fb1bd41b6ad6bc73603db7adf9ada1c94540af0c908fe7e3b0f9b813c31e5575
font_01_sfnt_off0000e697.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE697 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 27db0fb99e63d6ab694f34a43d9bc4ecb6be3c223e28635fcc73eb3a07b3bae3
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1