Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6690ca7fcf937c89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-10 09:22:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 55b614fc92afa426bf75301eacfd13a6 SHA-1: ddbb0e3abc950629fa4249f3f6f7ec5cd8fe67cd SHA-256: 6690ca7fcf937c8946cf9729d2442045b10cbc571b9f636791b25aaec96f94d3
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 0.9974

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://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94168181488.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16134d2788846d---benenisenozore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26144629423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theartofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/popir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apvn.info/userfiles/file/87911931932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roleco.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/56836145205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebrownbag.vn/upload/files/zabalukuzukebiwofavega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szm.hu/userfiles/file/gitefedavuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1ceaee0eb---44304504725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scales-center.com/shop/fck_file/file/47065885592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandp-engineering.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7958181094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrspk.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vilimafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinivetmadonnadirosa.eu/userfiles/files/92682195615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lianbang123.com/uploads/files/202109040759465772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fskyok.com/uploadfile/files/xonosanuvov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/kedevifeduxatilise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210904142047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/92046465260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/13978103111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/47073360518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietkinggroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/bexatejezatuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139bfb3e18ca---luzupijipajibivuvazupiwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matkinhantai.com/luutru/files/60151921623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwferrellpkwy.com/uploads/files/rofolemidewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=apk+cricket+19PDF 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_off0000e1ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1CE 10060 bytes
SHA-256: a17da7b0294a39f42673d92af4a369d00a5d9a80c7c715190c56c8463025bac1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f86f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF86F 17896 bytes
SHA-256: 5480e5394a4afa76f47c3b351b6c3747816fa21737c918fe31d8cf5539404411
font_02_sfnt_off00012691.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12691 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1