Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0f4988691491200…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-06-19 06:43:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 0dbbc382081027108f077d11d2722975 SHA-1: 0d2b0597107a54dd5a65ef67fcb75ac02f43371f SHA-256: c0f49886914912009840f1c5a2528eb1c82798195238c8988da356ffaafa2ffe
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.9996

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ae51bffa0---89337699145.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e34c719d8---lusugirufalurilifugow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/67198150593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf22a0dcccc---dodiziku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/nerajusaxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/gisupagagevixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a0e4ad4bf7---73850481272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/jamixesadizenux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/80646802203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/xutimobumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetranhtuong.info/luutru/files/lasate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96141fd7f268cc2d93b5f57e6c325243/59544926309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/xigudomusot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9duojik9n67cagnbme0cbqtf7/36865747272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=bleach+brave+souls+emulator+pcPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f767.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF767 2828 bytes
SHA-256: f1383d7cd59a6739427f7596f1165603adacbacc8f657d4e156367611f565abb
font_01_sfnt_off00010170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10170 5424 bytes
SHA-256: 724c38a2bda3df4fd1ff09949f70670bcf12f87e326ed1f08da43f5a912d908e
font_02_sfnt_off000113b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113B9 21836 bytes
SHA-256: 677678bd9054147deb5f53bb4269f9789529b2c66ad5901a386e28dbe44b4a8b
font_03_sfnt_off00014970.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14970 16148 bytes
SHA-256: 64f21e55c2f29c6f605e8f9fd96e7f7b34f9b4a26fdc717ddead948457370e3b