Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ec56804309c0360…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:22:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 96bf858f45ca7a2e098f079cef650fad SHA-1: 88abb0a1faba6cc6d2023d50e0d55b01ec418a93 SHA-256: 7ec56804309c0360ef23f566086db35a7be84676a674a58b6f9cd9ddea1a4b6f
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 0.9989

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=interview+questions+about+conflict+resolution+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://www.contal-farmer.com/uploads/files/xuvarupamivixovutegatefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb02b71fed---gapuvaburozawififanije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/019609c3ecb8ef6c45707f375b4b1e47/65846808155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1970fchs50thclassreunion.com/clients/1/19/19770213778af891f1b13fa25f964f50/File/26510999303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigpictureresources.com/userfilesbigpicture/file/vizamewewagamebakinufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperte.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/luxijek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltastal.ru/userfiles/file/talisigejaxejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/gurulezif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/rugosifetareluxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8auoe3dqgtdg9jcfj4657o0u4/wegalivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxidmum.com/images/upload/fck/file/pipatasazaruvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgogs.com/mgfiles/file/dabuwurapigisudagazubusuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isagenixmakessense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41232476805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a1da0185c---fosada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca79b5c39c---55709216627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americusfelderfamily.com/clients/0/0c/0c5e5e27a4da9db51eb23c24aa0fa274/File/62112013927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f717e10a0c---bexodabazasodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zge-led.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/96345014979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/82353815760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hnt1dpkmkvrtdk3a1fd9llc9jq/75908495688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/92476717849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dachastyle.com/userfiles/file/71826984976.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_008_off000140fb.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x140FB 17488 bytes
SHA-256: 0dc8223932dbd2165602bb480128fd80f7fd925db4944b2566961e3414b9c972
font_00_sfnt_off0000e17c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE17C 18084 bytes
SHA-256: 2cde9e0e41076caade832956e701465ff1e1608f99a21b096a4ee1520e3e24f0
font_01_sfnt_off00010f7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F7F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012796.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12796 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 1fad4818466d86481f1290b5e3e4508fb8d868f1bc1b4ee53b555a11061ad7c5