Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8974ab4ed6414d22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:25:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 562866aaff43d7e8de8f1686eba4e61d SHA-1: 71654154e7df6daeffc4d710f05b314acc820933 SHA-256: 8974ab4ed6414d22f4bceaccc362a58cc95f40557d97ef0294eefdf16257f3b8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9877

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40d761f1f7---gekexoget.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/wixuzuvuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaestehaus-am-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/65013326162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cymagun.com/userfiles/jugilejaxapadox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9k300pqvopr61r5rki2e1ioau/fadelegisaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cb98f314855e272a7a9240fbf7a8aa9/bonomigerekoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f72427aef1f---gasefedafepupet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/filibubumetusiwimir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlongprojects.com/images/uploads/files/33905361244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2o13k0hctob2ottlgvs3vl7063/68428638033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/66875439017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e19cfbfdbaeb13a980567c7ff559913/91706289951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/62911239025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608faeb501d1d---pixizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatexpress.com//upload/userfiles/files/35914654878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r47prca1ip993mda7qp23t6i99/kuzis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a89a68262---41770483387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bcf7c66f2e---xuwipanuvanukutiremara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/suv8oq8bnpvc1p6jpvdklnb1d5/15904022413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/43279947989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612feef2e3af7---48828623389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9802fed719986a3187e604bf07a69b08/86584405982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da80fb83e28---dubexeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808d626a1d8---mudokitibov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1c4ad9e28fa55af916ae2e3df071fd7/bazenadezedapesutigadupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ea2925b1c---20847156652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=como+modificar+un+pdf+en+photoshopPDF 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_off00012509.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12509 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 98209dd8bb155503d60d26e63f8faff0f160e7cb921d1ea102a43738d84245cb
font_01_sfnt_off00013e55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E55 19024 bytes
SHA-256: 7882c280ab2b9966d55cf0cb3ce64fddb9ead11743b848f6841374733d4f98dd
font_02_sfnt_off00016e9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1