Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae8bb6caf8cbbc59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:37:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 9c79cb0bcc2fd7e23ae66d3edad821df SHA-1: 3ad61f2fc0cd7ec6224cd364c4e78e6b79cd3e20 SHA-256: ae8bb6caf8cbbc59da09dcd75a330523e504b6e2b9b9fe2359c6499434cff04c
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 0.9976

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://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/kivujitazijivejubujirer.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/todupizuwenos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210604112620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a516cde59a5f23912692dc59ca44d674/41413148243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/71797262598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/94597523277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa648d034d9---volot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltanimalpark.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b67d718560c4a13ab55e6be80bf2967d/96572001518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derey.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/29579418409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dde428e3269784efc751c5790781953b/batukipuvuwapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/1710984794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b99ab97ff---31827796333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/50549796849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/mabun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargobull.cz/res/file/48191494218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eviljoy.com/UserFiles/File/30953551934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.sk/upload/jizejotujemesemagarunipid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/74512781740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af33ade9fd0---rapegowawudorowide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2iq2hoe61frel9eq9bflj051l/latiwowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608738a252043---49096964148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurmateng.com/contents//files/75431996285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagelight.pl/userfiles/files/jigagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=corruption+essay+in+telugu+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_off0000bf69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF69 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 24000ed10b7757a9a208c51ce9e6db161167a8704309c99b21e3ffd1e9f02012
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8A9 15880 bytes
SHA-256: 2125fb8043edd76ace9bce3fc183e62d05b19e0ae2b1f40042853cbb2f767842
font_02_sfnt_off00010118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10118 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1