PDF malware analysis — malicious · 542e6c85a8ebed02

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-09 21:12:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14

MD5: 79c0292d4dd1319db162c29a02e35c6e SHA-1: 0de4d5564eab25203928924a3cc52ad622c814cb SHA-256: 542e6c85a8ebed0275e3caf58983c251abc1f5d00621cc19338d664af551d32d

156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings clearly describe the link farm nature of the PDF.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/riwez.pdf In PDF document text
- https://wct.goldcrownresort.com/magazine_files/files/61912589858.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/niwavozejanamumekixaluv.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://k9careclinic.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24308388768.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82726419237.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.supremecaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wawepemajalom.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a040286ca4---fekevapowizami.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://rjpexport.com/files/melojejuwojibubef.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://cuanhuadanang.vn/uploads/image/files/saboratobiki.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/dofuvodanekenibifubufak.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c270f27429d6670cad4b1fb8715f6403/29825157940.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://smm-mm.com/uploads/news_file/patazubisupexinivolag.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://cornucopiafrederick.com/uploads/files/nugajesaw.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://ave-france.com/pics/files/wozopigekumux.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://kvarkeno56.ru/userfiles/file/4886202933.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://momentous-inst.com/uploads/image/files/mumib.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://smm-mm.com/uploads/news_file/xamanatenedazepo.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://amongelite.com/ci/userfiles/files/4912317700.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://itracmediav5.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viwovutonuvurul.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://ezgoe.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xavagupukekataxorezove.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161345ed2de979---meginujigemavibejaloxi.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://kitpaisal.com/mypicture/file/dotinufenagapulof.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://limpiezasinasel.com/userfiles/files/rafizivi.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fokeluwalosetivekomipa.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://palami.by/images/file/67000310450.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133dc491172e---56525773315.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=ramona+quimby+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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000e9fb.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9FB	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`
`font_01_sfnt_off0001020d.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1020D	17852 bytes
SHA-256: `b2a1cfcea4347b3d00e597cd4398ffa12bf4d84212c723d3c79d93a284a0e6a3`
`font_02_sfnt_off00013059.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13059	10660 bytes
SHA-256: `fe27addccf37d02b9afc53e1b2b9b073f14279ba68c31cc19b24193fcd233b86`

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