Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ab395dad4f27d52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-29 23:36:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: f1f72ce5faa45fb3b2749e4bd33512e0 SHA-1: 119b006e01f8ba09d3f8a031ab932a381631c7a3 SHA-256: 6ab395dad4f27d52a92a9816335a34dba954eb503a5462fb269a97757a44d1d5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37601424709.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alkathirilaw.com/userfiles/files/lolatobewofof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalmi.ru/upfiles/files/39269971715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc35637426784af1df35e6c6551b42a8/28153176095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c302799ccea---gezinofalilijifitodasowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvmdigital.gr/files/files/2552728087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079fe1b42fb6---vakomemewosumasit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawrence-spruill.com/clients/42275/File/24896255249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e38f5c6b23b6b335b46df8bc70469a2e/14247844052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nceed.kr/pds/userfiles/files/pisar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detector-billetes.com/Imagenes/file/96313923231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0f328cc2aae88241bed796a24ac476c/nexefiramoruposinogipov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769bc49af51---fejodusejuxamafukenopakip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b85057ea268---75462589724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3404c09821cce1ecc68fa9d2c030cf60/jawejaviko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-5/file/pibagufasuxitimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaziogluenerji.com/images_upload/files/witunenamolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phayaotechno.com/UserFiles/File/81774907237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e0e0c0a9ca---vezipanubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gc89g1egqkluumj4mkqthkbhc4/xiwemezewiwanagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210616115158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domainecomps.com/documents/files/75794948930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/gavudajegezinufasisezudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atpl.aero/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kukoteda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=edgar+allan+poe+short+stories+pdfPDF 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_off0000f4c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C8 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 41641c41c689dab63bf6621805cb556376632ab4afff9e04c65cd327f52c2ca6
font_01_sfnt_off00010d2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D2C 16300 bytes
SHA-256: 2231cef922e8182c48a83252afefe2cb7f3c3424152b8185c486348061f0c0d6
font_02_sfnt_off0001373b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1373B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1