Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d3c7ea0f43e0c8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.4 KB Created: 2021-07-30 18:56:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 9d41d57405affd35a57f7b1d0c28bc16 SHA-1: 21d87d7d5ee269ef2c9702c4363dba305194fde3 SHA-256: 9d3c7ea0f43e0c8ce5b3e9bee9a3f7ab29f119a02dc7ff44d7b495a22de9741e
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 0.9987

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 http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cea4738e45---kixunemures.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d49829a195---kipokazowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dd253a573eaa8a0039129f8091bfe89/9421279540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/files/87640080917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/chkodcijjdbaqrt0jkb61nu5ae/84742273368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wghsclassof69reunion.com/clients/b/b3/b33699c65747f61a54cd06c2fab73d22/File/zebepatepidovowomazejoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/84722275902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tri-or.fr/tri-or/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/37068185060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/rexafotewagokidiresobogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/puzetuwoxilokujuzanesetim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c9550c9f090c84d65974420db47db88/pexomapizubuwupulaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/nubudoribud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pillshop.ru/uimg/files/97887621222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/57662124422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/dizezilete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa90e5ad321---72247898068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thankschicken.com/uploads/files/pikeneru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9de544a6865e11121d4ec401d13b3357/lipazatedevilojijimefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candbco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8178205864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.de/userfiles/file/11412290632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afbadec0587a58936f59e8d0cf106ccf/31326307600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/34783275048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travisreunion.com/clients/1/1d/1d9c560ef9ee6310b862f4c9d288d7bd/File/88576069755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=steven+universe+en+espa%C3%B1olPDF 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_off00011f0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F0C 19396 bytes
SHA-256: 8da01a2f264c9acbb95c5fb8339aac490619d318b21d9a7ab2cfe710f3a1de0b
font_01_sfnt_off00015113.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15113 10692 bytes
SHA-256: da537e5c6e52a2aaf4a403a37d33d97ac75c80bb329cadfe1f50b8c292ee8bff
font_02_sfnt_off0001697b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1697B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1