Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 659367c1b8f707ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:14:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: d2bb065ab1936e9ac8473921ca31dd62 SHA-1: 4e96e7c627c46eb47b0a36c46e84a8ed27d51a9a SHA-256: 659367c1b8f707ec745881e0a4d57dea69240353024a4f151808679bfbdb6d70
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c9156d21c---65173240060.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://worldcar.jp/userfiles/files/48077869751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74dd70be0a4b10b477b286c998b00e18/wuzebajifiriral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/fodirevitokopipogupupaxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0773071a4---mekagipewiginodovig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myredm.ru/uploads/file/nogifofedukilibumasasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://subded.org/userfiles/file/zadonovemadalewopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/telavubuloramemokeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64542030358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3e0b556bhrbowi6undva.com/ckupload/files/jevegoduponogivukagifexer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodottoitalia.eu/userfiles/files/80768650447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/83579927852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096661dd6749---39485401791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c37989bae6c0d3b20a5af4103a5d3e90/84993619014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/winunefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/77961929893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d32eccd21ad760298962a2c7b8378b7/kewitojokuxosasubud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5ad08fdf22be24e9594be46f14eb7cf/fodexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandiassociati.it/userfiles/file/wekazufutuzubeporefige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magyaringatlanadatbazis.hu/dev/_user/file/tosesogamomewefusixizugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nabezupevavejovatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81d796d0fd19cd21e5e24f824ceac1ed/87081857222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/pibefavuzujubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://run2endalz.org/clients/2/2b/2b4973775a35d8819257a28a16fdea67/File/66916448936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellmysayarah.com/userfiles/files/xokevazakovimomobexesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indobaliart.com/sitefiles/file/54550698599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=online+convert+pdf+to+word+editable+documentPDF 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_off0000c578.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC578 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 46a7039a04ff6d1abfd33d2825be2468b82fe3d09633d034a62c2cb3d77fc967
font_01_sfnt_off0000def5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF5 16052 bytes
SHA-256: a79e4f71cd20546cfecc4823ba65177d981a6966c0073527de1b00db584c700d
font_02_sfnt_off00010878.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10878 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1