Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c1294cd37d38506…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:11:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: a15f42b943c193fdb2bacf0df6d0a125 SHA-1: 1eb857cb1a3292ad8e65d60d5fe9c6b68855c8e8 SHA-256: 5c1294cd37d38506fef047df57069bd648ac8c0e3c0385ced155dda251578562
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 0.9948

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://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mjb2op2k6dl4rtg5hke9fv1gck/mukij.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios//files/55267140382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4429846273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8ad4097950---21732962330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mansiya.com/uploadfile/files/gamevotano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ditasiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bmat.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/kimotumugefivawomoxafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07638f8f234a7ecf3cd02d84b489502d/vagafufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.org/userfiles/file/fusufavaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceraunavoltapizzeria.it/userfiles/files/vutemulelegup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfindia.in/userfiles/files/rawumoxowajatased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getampedmag.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81977282491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ff2a0a09e---tixobufizapezasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608258beeae38---ronixagojuzadubosedapopol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/43016290302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ded08f71f7e8a777d944385b69c9b5a/diruxubutegeravarajebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ccb36dbf7---79877377115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6c7930dc5e224f6c4e149e6ff615425/97471113264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fulas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/89334560836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084671f84575---95935795333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/64492166144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jokerprod.net/userfiles/file/metuxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolaodong.com/userfiles/file/27633512225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=transferring+thermal+energy+worksheet+answers+section+2PDF 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_off0000c905.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC905 16216 bytes
SHA-256: 244a25194c0551a5325da97973631e9da12f1d82520f814c83243ed1a179fb21
font_01_sfnt_off0000f26c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF26C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A83 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 3125d0ad01f252f21e7b77b4e84852a60c1d00a67842a86a8a5d5a75be0c652e