Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ae78af0a5093c82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:06:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: cb90d4c847cf382f8fd40c62cfec9aaf SHA-1: 7e988d7bdbb689f9c79b2dbbf6b66a6f7d172cf3 SHA-256: 7ae78af0a5093c82a0d68fb9c9e3a020d575d2ea165d97232c9376c742c7076c
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 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c4103df03e635dad9ac7758ddf3e541/92251746785.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608097f40078d---44248634111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad13907bc432a2ca7a9378706f741b63/84543856101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itnetworkconsultingsf.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/gitekekizivomalipaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/forebeborixatuzabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac3a7mft5mh51ntj76tk88rul7/mupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://askort.pl/Upload/file/53856480049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36194795582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c1696b3dfc---31850139297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consade.com/userfiles/file/72308418297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84f7f17b5b---keligopepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1qvtsr98qufi95qsk5f85bhp8/gumuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/finimite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89352548791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608130da4ce19---raralunigopuraropixezeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/nubojanusugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silga.ca/userfiles/file/13585776218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shssailors1969.com/clients/3/36/366f78b21138e0f8005dfe6cc5e09e30/File/ruwififeduzogubuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d1370d03c0---bulodexapovozufawagugeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonassociateslaw.com/Test/JabzMedicalBillingService/userfiles/file/bamakebimajawemuxebexilet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnsbp.com/all4help/fckuserfiles/file/jafajudusamodegos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bmat.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/fexowumebatuwotifexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bpo9vlu5u9suuivd2rnrfoibl/timejevemobevesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synerfreight.com/syner_upload/images/files/nunefer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staceyasp.com/UserFiles/file/40442872654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=symbole+tuyauterie+industrielle+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_off0000e3bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3BF 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 4ea0e26c23a9273d477b92c0484d975ae5767997550523ac08a1ef0162bbd38d
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD52 20312 bytes
SHA-256: 831f731098820549ee41ff378a4f276b6febbff15a75c06aff0af95b5817362a
font_02_sfnt_off000130bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1