Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9da21a80d4bea343…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-08-02 15:52:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: f1782c5207c62a9106cb237935231405 SHA-1: 056174ceae8c7d3ad8b5006349ba1f276d28a8bb SHA-256: 9da21a80d4bea3431d7779ffff4a97e5c800e9be654437eb7545cd158a33daa9
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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=organic+chemistry+study+guide+and+solutions+ebook PDF link annotation
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160c2b31a02195---senokaruwezibizidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/opdu8nlmolvdu52jkrahkge6m2/masadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/79794715607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbi17dch75ago1cotnt6mi2ql3/seradodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a20e794119fe6a186f308a9e1d1934d/47403557500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/digewetumopixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c99c77987d3---75649508909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotelaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/87414862342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/figuvarofomobewidimipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freewest.at/45497093396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50203442810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad8a2c60562df7a5a39d354cded5e817/wijixexasevetamalodebeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wedulugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/93389583572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brightwayconsultancyservices.com/userfiles/file/732764325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gifarlcm.com/upfiles/editor/files/62683999226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meechoktoolmart.com/user_img/files/74883847040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/wubowadulixosopuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a280347d93---wupalufedibabogiwuluwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiahijau.com/contents//files/95910552165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilayunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78877364096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddf433cfe36---81180475628.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_off0000ccee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCEE 16112 bytes
SHA-256: 0678b0533264d45128ae9dc1b0d51e59450697a992d48543e8e791f6852e7846
font_01_sfnt_off0000f700.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF700 11288 bytes
SHA-256: b7f866eb958369d39f876a69ea21ea7cad6b5cf2c7b773073aa3b6a95752900d
font_02_sfnt_off0001112d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1112D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1