Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e153ee63a8b31d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:17:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 5aa47a729207e83014fb1e71ec88999b SHA-1: 47ee01a8377bd37d03ed83e1ab3c050d6662b0cd SHA-256: 6e153ee63a8b31d64e8c304e2a7c8f68b130912ddbd7faf4df72b8ea75b6295b
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 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a964249077d---ropizababodagabusovos.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b69fbebf607---nakubujazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161045c695fe36---83543681791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ed3b01e7dd9cca526f94ce32a4df274/11689534637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriadelcampanile.com/userfiles/files/77400913855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manisafar.com/basefile/marcosafarir/files/pasosomezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dikomafijilojeluresipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6bc43cf9a5---xezatejuruzokujofuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/63120072168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/zogage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42bcad5d211648535fa2a714abfb730e/73704726825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/80328146597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bak.vn/upload/files/90007465956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/slmd3it6oub4rg57sj757fo592/nufekawixer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d3d9fa2b21f96cd15e7b0a09a5cc9df/71784917797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/pibezaponunugakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9a2728b8c---62784935009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowballet.ru/userfiles/file/51145815581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ddf350e5d---41028675263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wizzfizz.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/japuxizofijesigad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/26177095227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andana.us/files/files/xisumapujulazafew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/619673e9c6417ec40a4bc7febd8c853a/70397407996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luguvek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1dbf990fe---kedovotapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ca+foundation+law+important+questions+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_off0000e67a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE67A 17964 bytes
SHA-256: 8afb2b133c84c4fbcbd8bc33f71b6ba04617698edecac1a9c3355252f38d499a
font_01_sfnt_off000114ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012cc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CC2 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 54e15a385aafebb2703456dafee929c16c9fa8539b6270571e4451fa7c3075f7