Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c6ffeffca7af337…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:35:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 4a2ce4f373c2b5f4c350c7d620d0c62c SHA-1: 18615dd9f85cc7ff5bb5dba228cccd008b63f694 SHA-256: 5c6ffeffca7af3374a4d38134ec67b4cc1d258730a4b4dadb90c7753d85e1cea
184 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, contains embedded JavaScript and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+multiplication+tables+worksheets PDF link annotation
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/62327853060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.77ice.com/upload/files/32690120559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41bb84999e478195b71daf242c4d7d02/47563034676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00a3550020---42398156819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicfriend.vn/public/default/ckeditor/files/mukusaloxivoxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1d3f348e53---15454530907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ave-france.com/pics/files/regifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85af56ab68564370a2085018aebbaf84/gulemovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c78096c4f70---66842662569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianotuningdarwin.com/userfiles/files/xavob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/1358829539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina-coaching.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37021496146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salondebellezaanamariaromero.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14812136241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rapabzenec.cz/obrazky/files/3008104778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70d958e817e198faa4b4fa130f120d8d/bumav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbbnbtte4cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38825353709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pupebubivaxapapifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab04efbc6902bbf0f1611757667a3171/98715698128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graveyards-fuj.ae/userfiles/files/xupovuvapad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gretajensen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boparorumevaligo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0b65fae80e36f1c51265e57d3ee9202/59693601832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milsagliksen.org/upload/ckfinder/files/rupemakavogemefozigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/91325954563.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_off0000af85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF85 13724 bytes
SHA-256: 2a32fd96469c7c2d27c21ac6c0169a5c8b7ba150df5828c0fc8548ea09e6abe0
font_01_sfnt_off0000d13a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD13A 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 0f3ca1623374d41f3a219be997ee3976ff161395a5625aff6a8f31b964844dd6
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA87 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1