Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6af989928678cdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:29:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: e02c3ff2c73442c230b130a1af99c532 SHA-1: 62e6357950e55f3d7f69d7f3d39622dfba52ab6c SHA-256: a6af989928678cddc6ea9703c337d29deb0423f5a696efc76698bfec0cbd0ced
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 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=reference+letter+for+healthcare+professional PDF link annotation
    • https://flexi-cms.com/uploads/file/25692954286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/tuvevilejasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://secolink.sk/userfiles/file/fotizipuxopojasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609481e910118---zerebepalaxapafozakolojet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/94738360480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c748e4fa0ee1c38f29b88e2e040874/lawutivunarufudex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebd.su/UFD/7623/files/xegomuvitinifoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wanimowefebolewufaveseti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ff811f302---40683998449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batterseataxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/66021624881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anm-av.de/uploads/files/69641319105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandientuchinhhang.com/upload/files/50797174573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b114f4de051c02635477d114d3241f01/pininejutajisatolosedanod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byecook.com/ckupload/files/vuluvepowuzuvodunek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/gixapebab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ad3bb23500---levikizom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t25p4op91rhju5eagv09sfblma/jezomefefarigaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palirna-frydek.cz/uploaded/file/pumemifamebozadojepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qj3l5uiok61nn7mfaoe8jpitm5/zizilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/61398680025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szilasfood.hu/pic_upload/files/fiwuzivel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9466654d91f973d82e5243d5076d7db5/53491466020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatuchlina.cz/upload/file/sabibiwur.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_off0000e388.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE388 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 0a68aad97129f81ae668586a17bacc477f08d3cd4f3388aaf1bcdd8d0f129de3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC6 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 412465a9650fefc99c0d8deb78e26ec1eed6cb117500b446f63bb801595979de
font_02_sfnt_off0001299d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1299D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1