Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 891fc11c9a168273…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-08-25 23:33:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 3d2ef0eb4cf62ad7a95d59a9546c5afd SHA-1: ecf95eeb3443e36e6bc4f5326b0e66d4f6aa5e7d SHA-256: 891fc11c9a16827302927cf912ff4f24e4f90f764b0a465dacfc06c171f51f0a
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 0.9974

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=where+is+the+respiration+electron+transport+system+located+in+a+cell PDF link annotation
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610421c7ece40---18431914580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e883397b3---newovujelibimuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e05bcaab6e4---50713707687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e2a41d669---77295413086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/lowebudozexepalurenewoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/revikelelewofemaxawomusoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e85d3508d67468030bf548e3805c0f/bupoxakezosejorasas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esicm-old.org/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fivasibuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/fabuxunozatego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2bbc4ad1c---54961631162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2efef62cb2---dodirinajekejudenijire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u4rbouu1fbg70vejlg680mr3h4/73107867636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sovaimm.it/userfiles/files/buwagepirurasinev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63672147740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ongnuocdenhat.com/upload/files/4685084575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderieverdina.it/scuderia/userfiles/file/66367030292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cailux.lu/userfiles/files/meputi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/lonozumebonikamebiritunes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/badofiwobopozumudoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb93ae4a47---19206460287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/tajuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasteofruraleurope.eu/upload/File/mikuluwiluragezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608511294b4ee---zolexokujitonalota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/nemozozobakefepaneles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/547249898edb1c06d77bdb2d9a2cb8a6/61602282769.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e32c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE32C 16724 bytes
SHA-256: 178223616ecc3c5d4a272e784377934bb841704144c3c0ad5bff3e3011a83eb1
font_01_sfnt_off00010eba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EBA 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 8ec517645e2471892fa673450286ddb00059926b5a4fcc20276a378fc8aa73e0
font_02_sfnt_off000127c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1