Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a292067a0a2552d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.8 KB Created: 2021-08-14 03:49:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: cab0c50f57a3a0a35e68900a93da47ba SHA-1: a4a3f3d23e5d32b249513911f0f0a37a91013227 SHA-256: a292067a0a2552d08efecfeacb646e013fb28bbe8235739ab2e3bfb50626a0b3
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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, presents a deceptive download button 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 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mac+os+x+snow+leopard+retail+dvd+iso+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/tituxepefef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/foxogukevenipogejobakebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ct16m1416rlbblgktla80gmob7/96161801782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/30276922548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/238f15266cc6e16cfb6039715073c18c/62002001063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51647461899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/vepedufukanidabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamepinleri.com/calisma2/files/uploads/30389539568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73411506661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyuanmei.com/userfiles/file/zuwupowolefofipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61399200659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmcoverseaspvtltd.com/uploads/files/zeropezozulozorit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businesslegalgroup.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vifuvidizezawokixafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/rezujujoxeseweluremumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62807537622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/46915972064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trinkhorn.org/userfiles/90713008060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamtomchabahai.com/uploads/files/files/wezebijetebogexikenapene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71ab6ea0bd---97441560611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf63bd287e367b703d18100017139e63/vuxafepikorajevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa6aba3b30---95024091243.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00015188.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15188 18836 bytes
SHA-256: 3a5512737befa71f97c6cff8ce69c9d402058eea300c5c7459992508f939f46c
font_01_sfnt_off00018347.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18347 10860 bytes
SHA-256: ac7f8a41d5089f88311a3af0bf711bd28a8d7798a8efc021db5b6cfee89950d2
font_02_sfnt_off00019c93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19C93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001b4a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B4A4 18112 bytes
SHA-256: c82ff3d5421f6a3b3eee049dc8e72f7e117d240ae9a7d85a9aef4501ad411122