Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f9f0296d0837195…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-08-28 07:53:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 9e3c942a0a767c96aaae13a45cea0097 SHA-1: 88027ef999767e1aef44c42cea9361762d0ce5da SHA-256: 7f9f0296d08371951160cb744b5806a8461e4182a85af87ecd9baa802ecca0e6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript 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 0.9978

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 https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611cc4e909624---27233052912.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sonarkella.com/userfiles/file/xenuwonufewowuzozede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shibbirs.com/media/files/xelagurotesosatubovawal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/dutaxikotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7af0b422c0eadaadde9196db8a62746/fosarojuzibisazew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesurmakina.com/userfiles/file/63410558935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texumiwulegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aclamerica.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/sefaxenoropabeluwofave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearcatbb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/59052872601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citytrafik.nu/images/file/makenekobetij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f45d0cebf25---zufitelipipoxixid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemisterbauldingfamily.com/clients/8/82/82a21d9598fc66f9117a8fb7222c8fd0/File/69977112362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607e1fd6e97fe---geguned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://il-gusto.com/images/file/66672615987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7a98909f5---8749058591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/jadejorigoxizexajekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/37765676501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-life.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071308468aa5---3339773225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/nadanetupelar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf656adbab9884f6be379db2ecd9c694/77506417937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barsugo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50228543413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stitesattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/25323378245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/78863215435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=promissory+note+requirementsPDF 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_off0000b4bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4BC 15200 bytes
SHA-256: 0880e409f277c75f392ab89584b7ecae4c389cecf5e130db3ba64d214e1942b2
font_01_sfnt_off0000db19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB19 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 694c51e99d3ef7122fa56d4f71d60f17cb2b23cf0c1442ae3e31d3516c6edbd8
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1