Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72acefc08a952c97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:25:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: a3361e4e179470fc7a3a1da176ce9aab SHA-1: 699d42b3aeadcea55ea2b8d2fbad4109d1983a6f SHA-256: 72acefc08a952c970894b44844859e22a0d9e38074d5de2db97ce4d9e73a937f
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 0.9929

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 http://toyotaprius-custom.com/js/upload/files/wipapo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47304576310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/bemowilonugonaxalefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmountvernon.com/uploads/files/xevarax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.info/fckeditor/userfiles/file/31158080305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105f2cc3f7db---lefenavopuwefugizoguruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/covuc0nci5rnaotmlr9fbhecae/pofopiwilabotibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5485m054416r44ckgpvh42mbj/72063095005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaydemtien.com/userfiles/files/gibalowawisebivukuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/zunifalizogasedugadafujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/93691645087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7de3d263ffc44125edd01580cbed974/ginowitemaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonahotel.vn/UpLoadFile/file/vosafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d508460fb4df3fab767a21071c058422/99954425049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elementsgogreen.com/userfiles/file/12549826472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608856db49b28---mopuraduzogig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dtelctiu1bvpgripjpeavj72g9/wivaxalubosulugasufizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/44285440789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubles301.jp/files/ckeditor/files/64508694957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/purefuzesojaluda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/17525086394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/file/1628842434_1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072eb119aafe---57946474683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotronics.vn/userfiles/file/69060573104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mh-gartengestaltung.de/userfiles/file/tilipegad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senesi-sklad.cz/userfiles/file/pulawurikudukipewepib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mystruggle.uk/indigo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tulokixazadejifulub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=decode+and+conquer+free+ebook+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/fitojafalipozedumadul.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_off0000dd41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD41 18156 bytes
SHA-256: 98fa99f663c70725ef3704318bcd61eae369a12ceef3bc3d9ea666e26c700578
font_01_sfnt_off00010ccf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CCF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000124e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124E6 10676 bytes
SHA-256: fa0ad02c0b3ae75718dfcab81cba9244aa12e856c9a9ac25af8edeaa578757e2