Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8c3cc8c3ee4e3cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:02:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: ac8512466929eccd520f90e82e64f7e7 SHA-1: f2ea587cd57b65e373fbbba25d01c904635eb4c9 SHA-256: a8c3cc8c3ee4e3cf783ef4a8760e4da19993a2f73f3702a39badf56aa49184d2
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 0.9949

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://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/94578093709.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c304f86251b---27173606709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/728b0eaf878b25a92c4317543ddeb2f3/27893941685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-sta.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210803_C05B469457BC1E96.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d49b2dca02---12537836616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s338sdamk8cp40526rbu47j6f2/jagajuzidixuweboke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610698142f560---1344983695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/43750658635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thinkglobalcompliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29527512571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polandpools.com/contents//files/14265073206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekselantechnology.solutions/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sowupova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864a228b67e---fukabajisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3edf0bcb6---45336639733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/pugodilop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkmmotor.com/files/userfiles/file/52416966233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021062408584573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93lfdkltobbou4cmo9v71r29lh/71421898590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8556b970ea---woxufipetalaroga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/4469299127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/jagozopiniwobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608712171d41a---suzoxirewojupedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/85291883848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88570417126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/70601613756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/022337532581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=ora%C3%A7%C3%A3o+fervente+pdf+completoPDF 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_off0000cb32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB32 19316 bytes
SHA-256: 38789b4978fd8584a7edf5840d2b5f6db0d38467f665bd5456386c2e23301842
font_01_sfnt_off0000fad0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAD0 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 20b590725e6d948888073e0c57af47461b5922170ac2e992c8b334802cd1867f
font_02_sfnt_off000113f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1