Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af9ba1254eda4193…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-13 20:59:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: d5121d6e5c3bc492587da767ef59e89f SHA-1: f25ccf0813d3cdc2eb4a34605fef112112604370 SHA-256: af9ba1254eda4193202c1e786ed2525fec47dbe865df36d91e59a2bb9d70d1a8
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 0.9982

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://nepalihemp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74579382539.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/10414258562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickendaylacrescenta.com/uploads/files/55878863000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverlabpupsforsale.com/userfiles/files/gitapasotimujerawalaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/lunozusuzogofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f654bde99---lipuwigiget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v46at1kb4fbg5ghdsgk37esrv3/70305993552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingstop.com/uploads/files/buxowatubuvez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baptistfriends.org/media/23040467294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47d9e212f0a4fb20481d44bf810d4132/sukafemizewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/94586514018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquehotelsolutions.com/files/others/fogewinijopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b128a879c6b---vazimelatijumodewinagiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inncredel.com/uploads/66636019949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemisterbauldingfamily.com/clients/8/82/82a21d9598fc66f9117a8fb7222c8fd0/File/rozojisolifoxezileluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otartufo.com/ckfinder/tartufofiles/files/sakarotetenujekefusibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8fed194fd---81246941080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4af48e4ed253afb4d3e4fb5b4d36aa64/70404575804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloisiquadri.it/userfiles/files/6621268328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mrji9h784klll83uni74dffldk/98711717646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8177611b14---17937027446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/47185510005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/50640696073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voyagerf.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/281c059ba6295507e0ef59c1d5618354/ralaridod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aluminiosarla.com/userfiles_arla/files/zesitobokolelonew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=thomas+calculus+11th+edition+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000ecce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECCE 16432 bytes
SHA-256: 9d84bc609fcdfe4e5b5e93ccdca9bbbd5c1d17e89682f9f935b1c250fac2445b
font_01_sfnt_off00011712.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11712 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 9f71e836686fe203a61a0dee2cad08469cdc82c1bc25b201ce9dcc11cf001e58
font_02_sfnt_off000130d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1