Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c1dd37a37d36f2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-08-04 17:19:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: c92a34293e3ae6102d14e618511cf51d SHA-1: 02f8c3c97d9961b929ea1f126bd76ff89b146f66 SHA-256: 5c1dd37a37d36f2b8e319af1c4a4eb4fea198ae2e9f4a55f6c08eb99fc3cbde4
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 0.9978

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+adjust+callaway+epic+max+driver PDF link annotation
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a65cc946d1bf3bac8fef448f25232d00/60730597109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f63286e91b---zesemumorinibag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d52e804bfce6fc29d6a6f85442c4b3c9/vobofad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceleevideos.org/images/file/moronewitotabiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://askort.pl/Upload/file/97426764379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/48547545109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b876af18ab25e80cc9b9c2f93cc6dc4/16190995345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-22/20210522072022443720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/rowugipadasaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0999516dd09a1a1be01a34ee3ab3d53a/23283767544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38953402401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92d3d9ff96b843212b45c92814340e78/29313504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/pulojubitewiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/51836462060adf3314dccd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/93173846649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.premiumimport.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42708906777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf12d32504---sagizojedawima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d909b1bf265---kozomawupazovesefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c40a0ed5803b42352f0c6f32db114907/tapafetarap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc2ca0f8d1---79423348288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cooper1972.com/clients/b/b4/b451ebb09e7e0345645526f893d9a49e/File/kejatanegezuwawujezuvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalgoodviewresort.com/Uploads/file/tusibodep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607765c6762c0---11052295588.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_off00010746.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10746 11160 bytes
SHA-256: d814c386be039a6acac8145082be73aaef3e71d02bc07ef47c4cf5c7fa341118
font_01_sfnt_off0001216c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1216C 19384 bytes
SHA-256: 9f9619a12850cf79a35f3208e0b4cb2f5991f0e3d173cad6bcee9fed18ce9191
font_02_sfnt_off00015529.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15529 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1