Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 835e9f2d405a7133…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-08-24 10:11:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: c975ac6d825dea98bfc9a7424c00acd6 SHA-1: 3101ab4ae856d50703528537aa5da6eae01936fd SHA-256: 835e9f2d405a7133e6e5c53216a6d30bff59485df79d44307837bc4ea7c0d3fa
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 0.9984

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 http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vivaginevuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788a8030249---puxepozezakep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menuiserie-sainte-anne.fr/userfiles/file/81040086403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/87640425852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalmediaminds.com/uploads/files/fonejojuduveliwuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/13743680359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28019678589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.biz/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///teteraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70d5b8a581f98a379e448a7c1795b08a/savilepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13882ac944---desijisabajixukipujovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07ecee60c6faae40cc5ea78db4c9d5da/87537384710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4a48bc2cea---69922983324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biondiairsystem.it/userfiles/files/zixafube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyzoan.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/53735988183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameragiaminh.com/upload/files/gozoxixemabiwiwizuwivata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607685594d63d---zinesuneku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohcsi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49286577653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb930991b6e---xafebidapepaxiwemazeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/39084432627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbae1d2a53---82916856343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e31c29fe2c051804ede7e62a7ed0124d/32687209834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/37555193066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/10814230973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8700ddeed76f178f72c7e634096d454c/tafebenuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=piaget+view+of+cognitive+developmentPDF 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_off00010a70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A70 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 96ab2e20ab8204fcc5d4f97c1d74c57b54fac0b5bbdc08e3bc5eef2786ae1dc3
font_01_sfnt_off0001234b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234B 16572 bytes
SHA-256: 5d0f6fc7e6490db82324a854d79086a1f7768a289cfdbc25717cd97e240ef483
font_02_sfnt_off00014e18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1