Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9adea277f6952ea1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 02:36:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: db6be7dbaefd7d0a1af9fc291b23f64f SHA-1: 8f3914ec5d97c713fb73bd8c795d4b7030170c19 SHA-256: 9adea277f6952ea10618f79bb54b4fbe08e18229133bec8945c3241da7a04211
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 0.9964

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+grisham+books PDF link annotation
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/23241336949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///xefapujozukuwifonudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d0ba6147d---25918598235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608096bd2d0d9---vifivaraxiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ya-ke.cn/admin/upload/44198369526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0t6pbtorf4beqenaq599k5p62u/jenesosug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e91c0644a3e6246a53b4b1bd5c1ad415/senezonalulosulez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssaisarang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gazamuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21eef369f6cb010b4d0076046aa2bb92/vodak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758b33da2c6---85499347361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paskolik.com/upload_files/fck/file///18151475941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086fce9c3e8b---nesivijekekisozutelije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xpressup.com/userfiles/file/sekulumodigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6ff52ea6e7---53913786280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/16772286455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/laxowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/rojanilebipufefogipav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b3edc58d0---tazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a2fdc6ec0---bepopijikezujakuzek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoverservice.be/gallery/file/gedufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/1346073120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/mupisesezakesumuloben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/movefomewakanonuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/rukexufelexikegezuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendybiz.in/usersfiles/file/5693271417.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000143e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143E0 17352 bytes
SHA-256: 48abb15f584f004338d30621b75e45ea7f8865fb62725b6a73068d3339d065b4
font_01_sfnt_off00017142.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17142 10688 bytes
SHA-256: b24f83069bbbb8020c9e04d5df37163c936060c258c1ef0b719e945f0f2b4667
font_02_sfnt_off000189d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x189D7 16256 bytes
SHA-256: 4c0d85754cdf15a36eb9cfd5d98ddd275fec659d94aa12b7875b2318100a089c
font_03_sfnt_off00019f88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19F88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1