Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dcca2cd6be750f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:54:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 1e1e84470400bd409e07a371a1bb85c4 SHA-1: 8fdf577bf63a3c9fa087a5d12f8cadb0071daa32 SHA-256: 8dcca2cd6be750f19f04dd5b20415942cc5ed9937d838696ac6f0e453ccab0d7
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 0.9927

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://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63ffa14a6b---58122370194.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://saatgaamkansarasamaj.com/admin/uploads/files/334660954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c94284b5e33d28bffd42442f93ac019/96409367894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f56192b296b4a7b37739696315672129/33214121494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerpc.com/userfiles/files/kujapipakopogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/27486289078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalimodelagency.com/userfiles/file/mazezijubixuporaxivika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c4318f5e5---90501192354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldpigment.com/image/upload/File/52219084087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxagproducts.com/upload/browse/file/47895898455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrampetraipavlavosstanovlenie.ru/content/images/user/file/nazumobafugosuwozodoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vinan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/99576599954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vp-dmsh.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4149588538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dbad0d935a1139c31ea9462733ded5c/mujekuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee5da22246---75625092674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/15540338733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61465841154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0277bc40a84af93cd691521b5d9766cf/pitimibaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faisaltowel.com/survey/userfiles/files/14041101102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/biler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c1d8d81b8e---87290764794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=badges+of+trade+hmrc+manualPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000124bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013cd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CD2 10984 bytes
SHA-256: be67788647578cca4e9bb689158d4af70aa718283de4b2c31d4753873de31c53
font_02_sfnt_off000155fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155FA 17500 bytes
SHA-256: fac50f0f8d1269009fe5bf09a916a1f15ac94e66a13ae1ba9c0e0dd60fb6db6f
font_03_sfnt_off0001704f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1704F 18444 bytes
SHA-256: 612a004891b6e56ee8bf4692a633984042c22e5542259c71ea96e842e05dbec5