Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c7865130f78c29d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 08:38:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: f519efcde68eead5cd9b8f327fb67e61 SHA-1: a7ba8335b72e62ac253b5d88574d3717b453e639 SHA-256: 8c7865130f78c29d1adfcbba575254c71193702224303b5ae11d90a7e1c98169
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 0.9975

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=managerial+economics+book+by+dominick+salvatore+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/dedewosuxipilodimumomir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q9np7niq5cnvjfj2bsfq7pjst6/38019692719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-kva.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rivejadomobosixuriwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/pimujub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2eaf976eaf---robewifaranivuson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783268ae436---lakefizurexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c21ee228a---kifaverexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161026915cbd29---64288098766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/46644010322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a78b886fe8a236214568a2f5ab7ea8a/mopudezevofiforajumega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://next-engineering.com/userfiles/files/tonakitunowenufokuzew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://z87992961.com/upload/files/20210727205406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.armstrongre.com/files/files/kowekizekek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/xaparuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfd643a23092403cc4f117324f209131/dowomovusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cd6aae1504d3aedb4cacc0d7d0e6e13/66213546573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vmg85ee1t81sg7obdd9aq0ajb0/18771040429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4807617990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio3.com/contents//files/61232089917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95417835333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef3df1118c---weboba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xpress2.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39584034368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc40680d3d8---kujorutabugezevolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4faf17c3b---marigudazuwumibateruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanosoft.mn/images/content/File/riwanogaxinowik.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_off0000da84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA84 16968 bytes
SHA-256: 07bc5cb92c9336d012f6ac4cd976ad1c630a1a154ff48177516a08d0a8c10ba2
font_01_sfnt_off00010688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10688 11368 bytes
SHA-256: c65a4ddfe5f8cb9819dd49844b9464e25bebdfa6ace5db4164c40ac96881d1e9
font_02_sfnt_off000120eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1