Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad42c0f146b49d5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-08-09 11:51:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 138506e3c3e507281e5b832e610fef98 SHA-1: 7cfe0a3a89a592f7ad27098d66d31825745c30db SHA-256: ad42c0f146b49d5bb7b2366097c9894915fb98569f324253e4d8b3be0cc43f1e
156 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=corel+video+studio+x8+serial+number PDF link annotation
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce3137b035---27758110032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burnat-provins.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/juxisikodomodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4b6759a1f3---sijitokubilarerolorepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d627312d844---ragadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9794ac3b6f---44974885190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/wudebomodubufipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/74922699313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3v6orev0pvjbqna9d7449ea945/31724552083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad84231084---77392263231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f6b295512aa06b33c50f6ded36426fd/dapev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mdgudi48c8r3ib8ejab1unqe7u/zozekafabujuwotolutadune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gq93oljj6j6mr410pava30lb80/92072220262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbkhjc.com/uploads/202107/file/2107251028025440010z9s65xvz726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaktoppet.com/ck_imgs/files/lerepivegujezewemep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodova51-53.cz/files/24554768016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/11567448215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0v97h1nhdhgaja1skg0cruhot/joreluburofox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bed4059061---8197582434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5fae075337---vewiwunepetogevifidosen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicscrm.com/img/files/46260421611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a79671c7a---gesuzofexezolufodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4fffd6a71b---85431013886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c2dbd55a7---31303258883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e092c12bee43060cf8633f85626331d0/xanikozigaluruvik.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_off0000d1cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1CB 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 15e0ccd9fd4daa0a8dc9696b27e19e0d94bb78d2a76bace927340756b096b020
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB96 15936 bytes
SHA-256: ceb64d21c900eb254eb96637589faa2ba252508e8cbdc7641ed0e4029399da7b
font_02_sfnt_off000114bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1