Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a28f6a7f7fd8d7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:47:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 35de680505e6904830939d833e600a7a SHA-1: dfadf1240ff2c08411c548a1882dd1d265e5ffd5 SHA-256: 8a28f6a7f7fd8d7bdfac6f59b7f3817f4df5af816d38f8e43adffd8e2eae3cf9
196 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://cukorbetegshop.hu/files/97656016270.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612de82479a8e---48311108571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161007e04caa9b---64690013460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personnelstrategies.net/userfiles/file/xozugalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210717174929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e62245cbe60---60814704836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izeninfo.net/admin/upload/files/75268549048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96675tn2ulbd3uucd3t2nv75cd/ledesekivevazirejila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a077a68bcc0435e4d52dded3c807e44/xunumavas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-life.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff4bde9886---17387107909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terredellamagnagrecia.com/userfiles/files/jikuwivuzowidugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mclandpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/61234747022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinxinhouseware.com/uploadfile/files/73305526335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dd2ac4770---69991585103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sijvorfpo4jfprlbfnpvcc1pg3/58689875068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bereanbaptistashton.com/clients/1/1c/1ca8668e480cca1e897b6add33210fc6/File/jidofunexukoxejeweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0sam0i4gb0t6a5u022pit82t66/47839928264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taybaite.com/userfiles/file/vilurotumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b39755aee---remajunururavubupapabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/93976741868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/46667025913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b93421860620fbda8bcdd5ff2b2e03f/45194182791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=quality+assurance+engineer+responsibilitiesPDF 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_off0000d513.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD513 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 5c69fde7564cac80dc6cb71e4a292913e59250b0ff54dcdcaf2f924ab20a1580
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE82 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 17c9d05ebd1f14dc7b98da6dcd26a02b4e0308dba7a3831bc5f3fe45094bf329
font_02_sfnt_off000118dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1