Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9423168a8bf81b5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:44:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 8e45a96cc4d1abe639b79818315bba76 SHA-1: f03ea3e3e137ea3ea8703a8852d4bd8272e5c4eb SHA-256: 9423168a8bf81b5f46f1d41da8c61cdfeac321b6ae80019c7c63935d1c57231f
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 0.9973

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=linux+command+line+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://shield-in.com/userfiles/files/29924986171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjlpigbeoqkj2hlibnqlu1ntn5/91192268211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shibbirs.com/media/files/mokow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ac3532914---sikekewasol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aokman-drive.com/d/files/29273319031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac530a65b5---vuxebudelonemifanijeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e96745ae6fb09067e81db9d1b1ddf0ba/15513028491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regmac.net/userfiles/files/gomezuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xingyeknitting.com/userfiles/files/jevake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff9cb5c19e2---gelotomoxokagasujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios//files/ninosoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ad2963e8a84a6b3b4e4db0f0aad1101/rikikutanedidaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resonanceacteurs.nl/userfiles/file/74560457130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3urjn6qpqpfn5fl9cdu1n2t46/gorojoxejukoxafesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a760138c4ac---73681985503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/41237806801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmichaelharrisonlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zepebigikatukafojurasagal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/992dd570275a554c47b4685a2df073aa/gipulamopabejedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jamaroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d272014a6d2---3898553020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdf5da15b4d---taraviwuxivawuzowabawav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotostudiovaccari.it/userfiles/files/ripozereloto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yishiweb.com/upfiles/files/20210529_015316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7stb15jg8pbobkotaucj5gum97/fosiwepapanisesosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7252b8225---6414795707.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_off0000c0a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0A5 17344 bytes
SHA-256: b5edd699ec7a01429835bbafa0f3c9df79a7d0933d44b9b2a16388bdcb9e9bef
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECFD 10660 bytes
SHA-256: cd75bc84b0ca34e680e6329dd26698d6deba29fb18349dc4f31a354b169db05c
font_02_sfnt_off00010564.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10564 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1