Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a396b0550b09ac8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:06:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 57a03dd494c66ce0fa233f4ef0b1d4a6 SHA-1: cc6be0ad94a20b1d3fb214181d90cd99b12456af SHA-256: a396b0550b09ac8c20b9874a5476f743bc28ddd04f3a19a336e9ce3dd0a218fc
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 0.9957

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 http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/86522101291.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ccspatti.org/userfiles/file/jomoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruedi-leuthold.com/userfiles/files/xojaresub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/95523815337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/48819747075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1r2mpi3gqimh7m87ju26otgh1o/3360801959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bns9pgetaobaqihpkakf925ikm/bonedowaben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/66492982355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onfireinteriors.com/userfiles/5617604862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhopphat.com/uploads/files/vuwaxisumof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ce434ddd2869347b4d3fc2d0054c4f9/84895974751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiaresottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/7410262425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/17232817876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788ee41fadd---falomekusudewitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cd6374145742f59ab9118d40e22e468/7813191054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9293edf14dbur5lb9kt1ch2mp/81811316319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960542ee08f---13893087526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-antey.ru/uploads/files/rapatafekofewolafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ee91576ded---temov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preiswerte-unterkunft-papenburg.de/mediapool/12179085600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jarokageleremoxajivoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe2cb80aca---sigejuletonawuwivedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pascalparrot.com/uploads/assets/file/31445013880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starrwindow.com/clients/863399/File/ganositozitofozeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf5d3bd5bfe---29429575635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myboydfamily.com/clients/7/7f/7f513a2250c12de81a70a6735749c289/File/gufanafemawineviriwus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=the+former+the+latterPDF 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_off0000c6fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6FA 16896 bytes
SHA-256: 533344d10f39cbf56c40ad67b66beb547ed130dc04573baa8d93f3b551ce2d91
font_01_sfnt_off0000f290.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF290 10080 bytes
SHA-256: c8f83345af72d17b71d46fbb823dd375511f55689baeec48635c40950d37f793
font_02_sfnt_off0001090f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1090F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1