Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6d88c8316f42c29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:49:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: ab511ad6d308fa4a4b9d2e4ae34286cd SHA-1: d57ad5c77984ee8d3a046e58650903c0b97941ef SHA-256: a6d88c8316f42c290d97119e80368bce4b5f51dea8402fb000d29d5d44d6ac0b
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 0.9961

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://airshow-bg.com/file/46310390989.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/famapajomibuvudeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/nomasenuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/18384914217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/renogajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud//files/xoxipedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/widurerubegabidimifibona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f6b05b1892---bofunaloguki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paseppe.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2702241736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85894707307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7edcd7e7e3ef6f017b2825483eea7b3/bipomiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610bf9b7e485f---21213978487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.eu/slicice/file/97017545666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillandcunnreunion.com/clients/864369/File/bixadazozosevaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///57459631685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61d5bca041e3029ce4a0eee0121ad8b0/vidimapoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/jisafitilexuzozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b3a44836d4---12529158230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eecpowerindia.com/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xajax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/59925760475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4ce68ed7eb3291c3563fce068d47489/1481873781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roshindelivery.ae/userfiles/files/sabakaton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ubqtsq5oulefnk7gp4m8bhvd8s/lijokilasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=vocabulary+words+with+meaning+in+urdu+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c2fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2FE 21248 bytes
SHA-256: ce54c3185d9744353ac9753f7fcc44272ad0478a2195aef22acbb832c75caaae
font_01_sfnt_off0000f79a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF79A 16364 bytes
SHA-256: df5a9b3fc1d8dea4b54e39022192989705558d8cf81f1cf77482b76df6e3d4ad
font_02_sfnt_off00010e17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E17 11476 bytes
SHA-256: 363f41bb96ca51f2d1d80739eeaa66449ab47c9094100041c5e9be5bb9fb1bdc
font_03_sfnt_off000128b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1