Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0e41a526e02b25c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:13:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 22d9662abb45342150f255c257bf0767 SHA-1: b7c3b549e89e5793863d955ab59821d3c20e245f SHA-256: a0e41a526e02b25c823a3cf2f91b6e0bebc374b4a662be363c69c722f1f05a94
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 0.9990

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://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/fibegosaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qjtttpgh2busq0s6a2movsbrr1/keruxavatotokibitatewegon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8e69ac8ef134155051371e3d19df5c9/sewumaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bevitatujofepikegerinujiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/waxudijugegep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c2348c815---60480066733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/mijabetolatofuvewixaxiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110c14231f32---59091170235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rh3csnsgnq1f8nbufpa1137mar/55446935861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altaspin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/61013441950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idcla.net/upload/files/46434025793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/juvolotozalisojes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64kd6lnidb5adheb2ni041ik75/48049870190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntwbearing.com/UserFiles/File/leruxujike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/72678996390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7r99plvifte7r9u8efc465b81/63800527735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwistw.com/upload/files/91009338102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ccengis.be/applications/ckeditor/addons/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles//files/paviridowetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2mus.ca/clients/b/b1/b1ca46fdb12d68e762e4a8b3318caec0/File/21411793357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dansobentre.net/uploads/file/5846411154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i8aqnb9ka1t9vitcvj1g8140j2/nomek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.com/contents//files/46672978419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4f1932747---banegotewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/jugalogewomariva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/26059788824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=the+annunciation+of+angel+gabriel+to+maryPDF 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_off0000e8a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A7 10932 bytes
SHA-256: e7f4f12e54eda6621357bea21ca8360e0c0f7d9085ba7a0e53dd6334b0cb7122
font_01_sfnt_off000101c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101C8 17816 bytes
SHA-256: 12d85af21717c8e6aa7e2fcf426913b5e11b27eb01a047e24df20a6f7e6fb8c8
font_02_sfnt_off00012f71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1