Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 829b51ef7d9bef81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:36:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 49954b93b7fdf878b1ed0cd9e56d5d85 SHA-1: a0b659ae5ffe0afc3b3fbb856abf9e28487f6ae5 SHA-256: 829b51ef7d9bef81f5ebfc5b66a01b8ec6cdb8add6a7116facc0fa8a8f5462ce
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 0.9951

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://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082369081995---gidasuxogijefona.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af971df245b6f0d73c27ed349d7a24a0/jipegaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a4813e7c6870c455b7123a3119fa6c0/4850397788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4cad4535b---4308808766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871a346e0db---97445248248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/51616181442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3888fe2083ace56fdf27ee7509520df1/40579534432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/68724984175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tktravelkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210730_E4F3946F0291FF6C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92963568289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18vgpqt4b49bbhpldc7iojk8m6/58474910478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28184577924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridadressyourhome.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/36710598362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banphimchuot.com/userfiles/file/92114380242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villapellegrino.it/userfiles/files/18149935311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fddaa5ab40a---sovib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latrinquette.com/upload/editor/file/pimavazuxavijapewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jc5pcqnbne4vu7v186ruo0jd13/tatejanafadim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877c0c29f47---50152753709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/51712946822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalbi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99348619560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourhong.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210818_8E37632BD3D15BB6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd9a666958a84d78f19766c75ab63d1a/lanusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/bupek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-etalon.ru/upload/files/nodogafisajerazugevapaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=greenlee+881ct+bender+manualPDF 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_off0000d8f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8F8 10692 bytes
SHA-256: b0b9e3889ccf1a84b6f544fff99e4e2e540f4b17da80f5fb11e34bd2abfe2d15
font_01_sfnt_off0000f18c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF18C 18940 bytes
SHA-256: 96370db51fa1591cf5b7588a1388f303ec755760038c9f09d6c489990fe87db4
font_02_sfnt_off000122cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1