Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83caac656f1d25ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:24:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 948f8b9cff4645534a20e1579fbaa958 SHA-1: 63b43aa43bce37eaab0516c8fe732e2617ca4eab SHA-256: 83caac656f1d25ae80252b98c4249a4104734e3ec66cbbf321c1d9ce75ad2818
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 0.9956

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://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210717014756.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/suxefozijinitiwosav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a25950857e40f4ed83ce0823e6ed82d8/55534342791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d30fb42231---4961520631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phoiinnhiet.com/images/uploads/files/wejokunamumajomawajofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/laxixopedevusupavaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ever-progress.com/upload/files/99687600573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezsprinting.com/userfiles/file/29761402555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibconsulting.it/userfiles/files/42976960317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/58186128603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2e37fe5a9c397b6f59c1d3975b0ec89/misomaledulutoduvenolir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2404ae39c1---livasota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hlk6fp6hb0792otn6efb3cj5e0/ludatobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polnische-zaune.de/userfiles/file/bezowipixujabele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/51401368761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdn10.cz/files/file/vilapimanitakiwibim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e8dcadd9f7---lenutubejulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2dd303f7842a257c88a44a05389e0b6/daravumuworu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/jubililunaxupewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8008a482bd99ec203a2e4c646c68c692/niporanotijif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79038799517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bf60aa10e0775df30a0641becc94a20/72146852300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3306e3a94d3aaf18faf2b5d3f0672316/wogupova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=short+term+disability+worksheetPDF 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_off0000e36f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE36F 10916 bytes
SHA-256: a1b4024e47b1d0e3a6190abb8c7cd650247fe4a1f623f95aef9d5f79aeca148a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCC7 17364 bytes
SHA-256: 796d4860bb63fc29b4ebcf71c9f714d8a4ae7154264dc3f93e416ea6a42245e6
font_02_sfnt_off000129e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1