Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 798a3155168f1921…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:36:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f4b5d51d28c71c8b089ad2c0ffb41ef0 SHA-1: 9e7bf41b39a04e96d2f359b21e430da5402bfc2a SHA-256: 798a3155168f19216e89942bf7d5a655958fb211d7136f244b9e9ddcbc8cec79
156 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 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+solve+for+x+in+a+fraction PDF link annotation
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b09e898d2---16299886777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujto0ku29gnvbg5gaags64fnp1/18686804235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/nozirepotaveze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cac47dc5f86---27108916900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/vowuxesabitajidenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903c77ab18d---35755984590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4b57586b7---fetavokuzigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/tezabufijekomuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimsanghun.com/upload/userfiles/file/20218172027140623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d8258eef0---tinafabamiwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://q-web.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uegdjka1u9r4qf4qq069urghmr/89572320515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/1734983893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecogestval.com/userfiles/file/lamupevodefimesabinep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamlaocai.vn/webroot/img/files/zujofusunaderisanenuweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/92685225881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fokusmedia.com/images/uploads/xukagudazexevulejetufanib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4c51607a2---xebiruwetofibapizotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608490ef92f56---luborakujakelumab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atiksigorta.com/files/xozazexida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6134796b6---78076356739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/17162563604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eptesteplelek.com/uploads/file/rorevefisodavul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b412ac257b---volataguvedanuzokeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806c697c268---14770177.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_off0000d71d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD71D 17548 bytes
SHA-256: c27f3a4630dc3e61cbb5bbbaea382bf3e1e96852bbd375d2820ba4783ef16ce9
font_01_sfnt_off000104a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104A8 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 402e8dc23ea333dbc9b49781ec1ab05733ee0d5a0bd5b8a3413fb41c31b6af58
font_02_sfnt_off00011e2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1