Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5e4c51492601f9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:04:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 43db86f18cfeeadd80aaf424a796972f SHA-1: e0532ddd577e2b86d97c69a4e3b606f0f5711429 SHA-256: a5e4c51492601f9f6c652628fdab733fa29118f543aa6973a98499ec81ac6b49
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 0.9846

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://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///kesuvogakuwedovebevoref.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/722122f6221c7ace1abb0c33b925a4da/faruwanegezebomimize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/39926574043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/tabatefoveloko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/72164397687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8295b424021207205a6d49d3cf3af96/dakajomibokedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93h5tvb5m514le9k7tj16u1ea1/54848519771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovethanglongmb.com/upload/files/92565058453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45ec2e14f6---fepidugerutuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nycsmindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66721086345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb6364f758---loxugaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links.com/images/blog//file/xeximaxisegokolesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printjet.pl/pliki_user/File/37667025812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3586766ff746e930ae51d6add3a8665/51640544772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truhlarstvisollner.cz/data/file/zazusonekilenatenefuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b8bced86e8---vexuserisojupamebupojupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlongprojects.com/images/uploads/files/90857352281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelarombiarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/52709210676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/nipetapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ea2b5c0ffecfc86646f81e9dec2a106/diniziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.com/userfiles/files/4304476342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1fb9ca0e93---21433649243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatnhapkhaugiasi.com/luutru/files/98217419299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akoseq9f.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/barenopokewedotatuwelike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eric-parnes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13267562325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp.net/contents/files/85196060080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=adjectives+and+adverbs+exercises+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000d767.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD767 11020 bytes
SHA-256: fd9776fbf435445b7af2a13158bbe211139efbe4cb15a5c49a15dcfd140d5647
font_01_sfnt_off0000f107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF107 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10919 18536 bytes
SHA-256: 00f0a9c0b22622ae64c6a70bb295a77b9f6d1c546180697573aeb014f9959bfd