Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3f3172b71aec70d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-08-25 22:44:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: e2a354a4e570fff48b8c0c015bbc1a42 SHA-1: 22b44c8577adf389f3eeda7f9d8ae9e450fc3f1b SHA-256: a3f3172b71aec70d7610017e3068ce9233f208017dd320d502ec710bf4271e99
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 0.9977

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=full+service+car+wash+near+me+now PDF link annotation
    • https://hanmarklight.com/UploadFile/files/95031726154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102d04078acf---fotepuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0165aa484---kevixibetejomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ceuqoo10no8nnmlphvj46fbl6/63498861456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b2ec62338---14639129134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blagoustroystvo24.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90142912416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4c90c687f---kalaxaselobakum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa8271e174---25663325105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085234ca48ef---15836361760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc3765f7cf---97065721361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084db1bdc425---luxuwimarunipurukugosuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/juzigup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73cec3e585---telarumerepalizesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0197840333c8993239dd4628564df49/49638283602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/mumet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krono-original.vn/Images_upload/files/87086819724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/46499558588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/fisemewosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f4ad36f7b---31261009215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/32486028500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99946257094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shahnawazonline.com/uploads/files/21389195218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ustunbilgisayar.com/userfiles/files/pagokafo.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010223.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10223 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 4f98ff54ac73de16dff24eae26cbc75f75e91ab26282f5f8cf3cd4ab8418c80f
font_02_sfnt_off00011a43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A43 16992 bytes
SHA-256: c09f6b785fca1757f2f64676fa192c6de3099abffb1909a183623f8833b8e6b4