Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7cefbba1b293e28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-01 18:50:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: faf7cff15e20ceb5c32d1e14f1e9107b SHA-1: c01b8e68a8e505e84bc99dbbee8a468f76fb5f95 SHA-256: a7cefbba1b293e28a4ee1af52d554ffb3491914f4c335f3341b75e27e86b140f
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 0.9996

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+summer+i+turned+pretty+full+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943c43cd048---92510618157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/vitasizujugivetajisawufuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czechdidgeridoo.com/admin/upload/file/63299900629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismopontevedra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xedusunevetizisiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duvofud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hng7fn3an3h0jdoum17djsp8k3/wadotawasagazilajob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arabacioyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/rixidezutapobadiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/bubalatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digjamaica.com/app/webroot/files/56720329231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace782edea7---jugokotizivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pomacanthe-art.fr/imagebeforeafter/files/24521453699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/74753011321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--k1akb4c.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/zozudolukodekavarik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aurorabersinar2.com/contents//files/velinubikejawagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba9a9d9034---95822831468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.irrv.org/uploads/files/kipivalozusivoxojetapab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/46923699487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whkmradio.com/userfiles/file/risuwale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/zexuxatira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/jerowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffbdc7b43b---89018806413.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_off0000f32f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF32F 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 2f2afecf2681d7edfdf5b33a0ca65ded5d42b0b35171e4abc773d2a21c43195e
font_01_sfnt_off00010c54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C54 17392 bytes
SHA-256: ffd3e785888264774d9863c4aec9dca5c0813c1bccda4a87cb49e0d186b2ace8
font_02_sfnt_off00013986.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13986 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1