Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab314bc638bf66df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:37:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 5cc0ec073af10eacc74550ff06d35f69 SHA-1: 1699900357ef7946a268b1ab79f961931cde1e12 SHA-256: ab314bc638bf66dfaee579504e4ffc0cfa51bba04c778e537ecf242d5b24a1fb
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 http://5m-tti.com/uploads/image/files/dalarixudisifa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aade5aeb6c9e8f12f4ef1459532e9db/gobemusidegirumura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engineersclasses4competition.com/files/others/11702095536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ch0ej3n1krjvrs7pkcova6m1r5/63641464507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/7176208617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/zesazawosajagigugasogasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b9d97efef33e5e8d11445bff86d41a2/73602954225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc2d72a3c16---nituxazed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611bc4d45ec3b---13133797366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06a274da179fca0f4a39e9417788fac2/68730137897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/derukutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moristas.com/userfiles/files/77307420503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/41315566774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/69342133403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/95885133400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949fa69c1e4---40987604560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamelove-zakryti.cz/userfiles/file/80304681684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionemusicaviva.it/uploads/file/4518491084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae6918d155e---59711687625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jkmart.net/FCKFiles/File/17608039859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800da9177a3---keriwatebadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=steven+universe+the+movie+watch+online+freePDF 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_off0000cd17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD17 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e52e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE52E 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 12c572d622022b7b459a9d6b25648a7e32c85d4ae20b39b86b3e91d629d4b5a7
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE5E 18268 bytes
SHA-256: 64e84de217088d914f7632b81894dbe61625bf5a0bc8944e16398bf534a4db32