Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a290c18c47b3333b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-07-22 19:44:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a8867ca36bbeef68a161a04f1106f7fb SHA-1: 47386a2190c92d8bb029a80576fff3091fef5fba SHA-256: a290c18c47b3333bf4ce385bca08eeed50c640c2314db3a55507077bdce34f33
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-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 http://takeacode.net/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/wuxomelefubazonadewuwose.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://safeabortionnepal.com/userfiles/file/lajofapewajulujilizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ecaf8c3dec---27869940944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///xogapofakijivokabiximof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f190637852dec319d8e3761e1cbfb88/gojofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/konesixagexaxabamijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f98ca1a3bbf---29426244894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/gexulujigazopoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b14e0510a0---wewevizanus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pappteam.hu/userfiles/file/7410666305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spcinternational.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukefarimenamakukoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a97b958746---33658380841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/nufireguwanid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e04061k16grf4imqr41cths1e1/82488680647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzmanwebci.com/calisma2/files/uploads/89955322695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc73ce96417---41775999180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd03784b58---fuvuzuralal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1959.com/clients/a/a7/a7a82b2a6025f7fafce5d77be70bf845/File/64323042024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/13723065596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/203c98e5990a9f0feb33a22c20000aea/masobuxagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b456ab3a3---palowifemosisisevavunage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08f5357f57---baxojinuxazogurotamezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12344354833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4d84fd7dc020857f1cb82b1af3f481b/futoguluxejagajexutusivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=principles+of+human+anatomy+and+physiology+tortora+12th+edition+pdfPDF 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_off0000fd95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD95 16768 bytes
SHA-256: 57d18f89a4ace80c4990307c8c1820d87c1dc745548eccf470cec386dcd414de
font_01_sfnt_off00012926.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12926 11452 bytes
SHA-256: 04b2bbf624977b25193becd9270ab1b47cd4a257125c9b3079d5a4b556188402
font_02_sfnt_off000143e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1