Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a542233f76334cef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 23:51:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 0dbc6330be5266ef424f8e0423d91b55 SHA-1: 00cb56076a5cddda0eafd58bb5f5bcaf23ba1ae4 SHA-256: a542233f76334ceffa956a223578cfc7fa6f8cdec9be194b567cd7e451460970
156 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.pilatesyoga.hr/files/files/xopaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://allcondosales.rodeodrivecondosale.com/userfiles/files/68409772787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db4b0c4c19619e5580fc6a0e5911ffe2/61333276608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d47t2ehe5s3bso25mkcv85a6r3/duzexovepiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profitaler.com/UserFiles/file/rugupojujokunigoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comptables-publics.fr/userfiles/file/66569781107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blankheich.de/images/uploads/file/vifusujidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szelvedojavitasmiskolc.hu/files/files/megiwemisadesenagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaadalagi.com/contents/files/dojoxuzelutuzetivasovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/16831077475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszberles.hu/files/files/xupini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienhoanghean.com/upload/ck/files/76471151217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhtractor.com/d/files/mupapulopisivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odontoflash.eu/userfiles/files/ponaxavolatadigok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395939c7ffb---28258251546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linkevicius.com/upload/galery/file/nebupirosozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulga.ru/editor/files/92811067066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralatravelpath.com/uploads/file/55824314499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46782f5a7d4fc50563767df27e72e6d2/tidupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skene.es/userfiles/file/83242410063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciabergua.com/userfiles/files/16420419809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personal.sut.ac.th/chantira/port/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61774609223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f71f512c3---zenuzikenilozofesorujetep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613953840765f---wutuzironivevezigoxuzaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/90339677899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c537aabff5384ecc61d86954367cbd93/xolotulatamenagesurulokim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resumesfromabove.com/userfiles/file/73913024688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=pharmacology+padmaja+udaykumar+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000c774.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC774 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF86 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 8d2d6de7fef4f41b06acad6028ad3db5ceb516dc78c20108008a30a09518f3e7
font_02_sfnt_off00010cfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CFC 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 35ba40e1b66910eb8281ea8505986e75ff596f8d31edbc6034801f875bff81b6