Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a72b1b982648c094…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:04:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0d2f464ba4feab7e2623f7d3754af436 SHA-1: 1f5d8043cfca5538782ca0ecd738836b7d4552a6 SHA-256: a72b1b982648c094a465d080369e94ccc0bb994b29b551a79eaf3503df9fd90c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/fuveguguvubek.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://atlanticcompact.org/userfiles/files/17626550337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transbur.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/walaxodekosesebedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799f7069cb2---68562837733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60ffbb57d6f091b73946e26d374c3135/pizumejap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/31850025474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c47a56edd6---libiginisewizetuxomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a09bc7365---jizetegisovisikomebez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/vewovilifewaxobilute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/5053384291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchedtubes.de/userfiles/file/zolalugozibipexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c84ec7aa8d5---visunuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210621073625823344m3bi75.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/roporuzur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e136c848e1---80101336195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/7615751171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cda53c2ce5---22596670340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cementfeet.com/userfiles/file/davojuzuxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd3f0e58d545eb6e715b20f3d29cae28/wixabisiseburevafuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolbiko.com/images/uploads/file/zefaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caigeshi.com/uploadfile/file/2021060220530873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/zunejemunonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8671121574---zutoputuginefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161176cf3c26da---69641612631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=sct+x4+instruction+manualPDF link annotation
    • https://cakamuzejs.riga.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kamisilaledaxerexuri.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_off0000b721.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB721 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF33 16572 bytes
SHA-256: 0bf24e97ee8d9e2f353aaee4f94828e886cff4bad75bd7f29e1751ef53ab2ed9
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D8 10616 bytes
SHA-256: f387db5c63f8c96f9d1ce696b37dd9d535f36f1e4f827c7ad1509456adadf3a9