Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 705240b7f7b13f65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.7 KB Created: 2021-08-01 09:40:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 9c0cc842f722ef3bf4dab91a85c5f45c SHA-1: 2ed26c657b5097152d451ecc168d52f73dce88d6 SHA-256: 705240b7f7b13f65ad814675ef5dcf293702fe7ec4b146e89aa1abc4fe186b27
196 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+charge+di2+internal+battery PDF link annotation
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08262cfa57397c5a8c7bb0ab8cfe6730/81695913392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotalongbien.org/data/dulieu/files/wajubofoseriram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/mokoronuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05ff594649df16435e5a06a695f7a127/50335312188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a090c57f479---naviguzizalenoboxumaguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a431acdaa7f---goxabefesesov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/80577135976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607831e0cf879---risizofenow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b18a49b756---kazuvogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/24286072177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/3383280472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c334d076ed0---biniwipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triangle-electronics.com/assets/userfiles/file/67009332319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a17fcaedd232cae304322b38b9f1b83/wubuvawupojunuwonibatowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalensi.com/public/File/zuzojizoworawunafekatuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yucehukuk.com/resimler/files/xefazutudapeloje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd62628165---79000077832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/37356548807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/xezupizipobijaruted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8crrrmq3clfsauvr1iuvqufd9/powepek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083250109eb5---vedotazarafizibakegasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081744d66f9e---32806365864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210528_3222C654363E94D9.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_off00011fcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FCF 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 27b847e750573bbfb0f8cd64fb77dc240ecbe0062b8091ea9b063504a1753ac1
font_01_sfnt_off00013949.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13949 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001515b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1515B 18088 bytes
SHA-256: aba905e4cb3e3d68cbab0498bac830ab63aff6b265d5391310e66dec473b8f18