Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b71f12d3712f992…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.8 KB Created: 2021-09-11 13:26:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 5cf1d7997d8f97b7b8c9a6f0a5060633 SHA-1: 61bebedb1e2874b09f555797a61aacb35da08643 SHA-256: 9b71f12d3712f9927b83715ac59885c0d0427f5e05aac5033d07d96ba6ce66c5
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 0.9985

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 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://lexcochoralsoc.org/demo/lccs/beta/userfiles/files/gamimufiwu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--hh0b97d8is16e.com/userData/board/file/18511098487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vcelari.naceradec.cz/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25925812066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2299292edcc9feaa737e5d44473ab6d7/969505128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoastlist.com/userfiles/file/tifipenetapewilotabube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weingut-suppan.at/files/20464262921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giovanninociti.com/userfiles/files/zewolokol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fae119adc9972800ad5c7bdbfb2b16e/41202253852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villadelauca.com/userfiles/file/63314421034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hybsch.it/upload/file/60054497113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waxabisemejivikawajesibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/faxobuxosigusanefexetawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsped.hu/files/file/vikefik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzweiss.at/xijomaduzinolarusoxetopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drddvichitra.com/userfiles/file/nudugila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhomeshaiphong.net/app/webroot/img/files/datujufitobag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/57200943485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johndanton.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bimopax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noospc.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/lasejobinitano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139adbc16043---10076801949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b90db6b3d6---5448180176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-photo.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jenamexadokekezik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/58976009271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzperson.com/uploadfile/files/kasodusawajejigib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8o42tlsdblgt0c4gg6qkgpu3k2/12649065399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=pentagram+copy+pastePDF 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_off000136af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136AF 23124 bytes
SHA-256: 6a97af54a88f447fe2d650c2db6ef70fd3b11c045522051957c080cfd8961aa2
font_01_sfnt_off00017347.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17347 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 1341aac65fa97c4403feb845ae057f885c722f2f89c885722a14d0634aeb6ba7
font_02_sfnt_off00018bdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18BDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1