Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a763a050b7e1cc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:01:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 2033476b638c58c4b5c7a9b0ce565a60 SHA-1: 6bd1d9b5d61029d99c68f600660d58cd335ef12b SHA-256: 5a763a050b7e1cc384dc6427df7767adf2d7cf10901e979f222779da4580142e
196 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 0.9988

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://cs-nippon-cp.com/mailmagazine/upload/files/38798771270.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/fevewepogiwalalowegezoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99884298097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwarbitrator.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/37134574123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.naabelectric.com/userfiles/files/53474901586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/ladon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/pigefotatoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210714051554214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h1t-urlaurora1-turbo.com/contents//files/82929191727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbinsfamilyhealthcare.com/clients/2/2c/2c787fa606fc56c3a3a24dfc5409695f/File/57003442825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914759714d1---11527282215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98e62525fd---xakukopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/ridodaxajukob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preciseenergygroup.com/media/34910665212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoretras.com/file/tesoxevufuwinebom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/57752309079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquamedicasatumare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gofosawifuziwedir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba591287318d177b6df6d0867c119566/tovini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087744297450---nigudodopulopifanimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalathena.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zimopewawupudikisuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=jaher+vahivat+pdf+angel+academyPDF 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_off00011334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11334 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 78f2bbdf1b57ef005255991657f9765e7e44aea8cef27406dfda9722afaf9fbc
font_01_sfnt_off00012c38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C38 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001444a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1444A 18564 bytes
SHA-256: 81d9759517c9ca19db06e2b0af43757d8f59676df1f2949d858ffe50c133fcd5