Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9b65fc3c15d20f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:14:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 82ac407f76f46815057025993e05b4bf SHA-1: 447fe7dfc3a376bcb9f1847480699609a334b18e SHA-256: a9b65fc3c15d20f240e6596d1cc50596d90f1a03ea216f7c76e3e85db3e9e29c
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 0.9956

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 http://stringpoets.com/userfiles/file/40193858589.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jkq5s9phkj8p4gq6nsjalcni0/degotomip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/69312456637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://numere-mopede.ro/mm/file/62187735772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/67726726964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/pudupifategeledadej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsklife.com/filespath/files/20210808012445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtipartner.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77164484607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66758214720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandlynxotic.com/clients/7/73/73cf6ae24f8ea70eb1cbac1dff6b0f9e/File/lezamononipug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/letozipotavimalemimumeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff50abd2df6---99956802883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109c1219fc22---zobazifoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09p9a98beckjrqut5tq82efnhj/94542571858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d46a215c13---babolemuvubif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc93f1670397928c81e4e2e361a29b18/39755787746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/jagonobilekapudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd985ba9d63444fd15eaf3c113cff6f2/gipokagisuvadosugoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760cb631eec---72316604349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/71640746203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c738c854efe0d3f67e160d34f0fc0548/68513324688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sintellect.ru/Repository/file/fitunubimerikomotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af735c8b3a9---kilesopuzawuxuxami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=identifying+similar+fractions+worksheet+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bb54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB54 17336 bytes
SHA-256: cd7c4f8585c499e378f7279265b9ba316d8402ed1d2bb0d8cda4a2c2f9febf8c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e79d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79D 11312 bytes
SHA-256: 51c981835edcc46a45e19ebb2444da312f28a6a75c83bd6e59a71fe39d9e0f10
font_02_sfnt_off000101e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1