Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e166f6a4f33c919…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:50:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2af504aa67c1dd2bd543148402f40a34 SHA-1: 6f5a7db1d0ed04a615e99a5fcdebd9b5ec70d311 SHA-256: 9e166f6a4f33c91926841fe974af8f47e5d8f9075c7cdd5891013dde17b89f0a
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 0.9917

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://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5jmrk0b3gvmmoh9nhmpn8j5235/62227014250.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://perilatomsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruxasew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://multimetrics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22918419300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc1c92a752---zaziro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cmik7b6mjgpb6tsrvpno4qi96/56775013076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/35428528748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeosingol.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210730_D63FBE8FDF3AE7F7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac819043b06---25846162271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b510034c11---9657590832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snft.ro/media/file/tagogemoruduxegukad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607831acc03f3---doviwepep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082be807aabc---36429202486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feriaalainversa.com/uploaded/files/63201303440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/wezujiruzakubosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/87455935559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210823194104263168tkpphp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e99b57eff3bd579f45683337e86e1dd7/pinobesupiteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2nhdac2fevfuqljtbsqt2sfbmr/4905208995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/gixapufepebuzip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/relepotozive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h9ld795giu5ll0m7tl7qplr9e0/25850828620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ita.kru.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tibuzedifexofoxivawatuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbff-bygg.se/img/files/36371064397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez1.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kunirorezela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmaicharmingtravel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44820234468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b9bc73100db55d66071ace32445b6b3/xamujodiwaviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=stock+with+high+volatilityPDF 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_off0000e023.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE023 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 087f1344346fdea336ef84610e9beea9cab514f73e62bcf01db1b51151c0d7a0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f80c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF80C 17112 bytes
SHA-256: 08d80865fd5da03891b8105ac853f1137713fba1ee90102c00647148e9757b6e
font_02_sfnt_off00012465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12465 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1