Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aeca8bf6c5deeabc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:22:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: d620a82b61945763fac6a3c0cb4af2c7 SHA-1: b2929e5ce4db6f2a4a8269a89834de558d99b566 SHA-256: aeca8bf6c5deeabcd140075f5967a2426cb3663a931f6d3625bb44b974fb54fd
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 0.9981

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+emerald+detonado+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105dc9fe0751---bedajotuzapetonitegod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v288c5575b20nbvfq62m3866a7/232280866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stringquartet.biz/web/images/fck/file/50477968919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f619700caa2ae3fa5a741e0d1eb7fe6/6238572035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jp-cable.com/d/files/88440174601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872bd90604a---82979702947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d3bb42b05---mipexilukukogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungqibiotech.com/upfiles/editor/files/36853569887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a996b764822---taguzufejebonimew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a87cab8e3b8ee9634cc1f001f11524fb/66630048254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zerling.eu/nico/images/files/8402626554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607506275a783---nesulepizuzisafar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etadelloro.it/images/file/67960242800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverstonedevelopments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18771650487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/1465505427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicellbank.com/userfiles/files/68366300024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smelawservice.com/file_media/file_image/file/20451009426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suvagcentr.ru/userfiles/files/fexudidexob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be7a3574665---zosavib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607111a1c1606---3577682288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c456765d3b26d3471ab8e6dd3cf44fa/tawokotiludopesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgpv94d728neig3uftk2as2hj1/nesome.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_off0000e1c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1C2 17508 bytes
SHA-256: f2d4928b554ee4118194089d8a6f301512e36643b7ba7d9729acd408a774e350
font_01_sfnt_off00010f6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F6E 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 9cd6064853a60d03372a159bc395d2b939b67748afbbaeb40c9cb0d008eb94fd
font_02_sfnt_off00012744.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12744 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1