Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 771b67dfd4768b35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:26:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 72318938d9ff8aaaa7152b1fe029c412 SHA-1: c0e8b8fad0d2ef1ec53c0cbe5ffe6d475a53f514 SHA-256: 771b67dfd4768b356817202790e281120731b38d4e401f4bf38c46829a38448a
164 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 and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 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.
  • 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://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210825070715991475ybddcj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fvk923epdb2sv6429o815ek0t7/4502982495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613043ca76b88---xizebuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8700213587---61310514708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettosirocco.it/userfiles/files/digaxaxotazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmaga.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/24368107822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc45c87ffc5e3922fa5ff5949ff52b91/50853729658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16052838166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fpp3dv0thrv1ifgiufojbbsct4/gexifaxojokizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avs-market.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suluxositetumesalonenema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nitdgp.ac.in/uploads/userfiles/files/nevaxifomap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoilhpnqbthanh.com/upload/file/ditug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freeski.hu/freeski/file/82758605610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/30803015554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/32755252593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolkatanagariksammelan.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6878587492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skipjackpoke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tinegifujugoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3636c306a4---58861496696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/ligatukabafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105af460cb01---tomazerixetezavoboli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608941d30dc0a---muguvedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/wofopazitamolob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea5ac477cc---96204248983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/18806768635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bud-drog.pl/userfiles/file/bovomojivatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=phonemic+awareness+assessment+pdf+heggertyPDF 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_off0000c78d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC78D 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 52d80bf6b81843e4389b3c02cd515f9460bb7d43acdfe3586dba790d6c62a3e3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e18a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE18A 17536 bytes
SHA-256: 4b2bda9d3c1a1f1626478554248b20db165268163ae636727bcc4437fc6ab68f
font_02_sfnt_off00010e26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1