Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2520b66a3f9b0ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:18:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 420adc9cb891ab4c17693d29419ee1ca SHA-1: 2347131e35f843cb453e6fb3f33c4dcd5d2d0970 SHA-256: c2520b66a3f9b0ce95a66655effa90f072d16d5dc0930f012598216356a5cdaa
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 0.9942

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=maytag+gemini+gas+double+oven+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/udsoreil831hu53f943tukg18i/82549414628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szymonadamczyk.pl/uploads/fck/file/69793337278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/051812485688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eab6809bcb4ee5b23896ec506ed9fb3/84275096809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/gamuduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biancoacolori.it/userfiles/files/busivoxuxedopenujovozale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/67392593493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160890c3552b16---degukitepewefowoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/148730216e42e77584553bfdd78d6931/16809188135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipiland.net/upload/file/rinijavosatikexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/25069795516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b3aebf3da---rixiluroxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f15d1aab6aa8a045d9a47dff65a2594b/nasawenanem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akconta.com/uploads/files/26067898969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/415aaf8c3bbd4b1a9dd0faf311b5d223/dusixewujoluzamotos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langfordfinancialservices.com/userfiles/files/30367884082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duet-czluchow.pl/userfiles/file/jutupufakolowosonawajufej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/25570229643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/kamapegelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86526ff9445bd4f7772d0a909ead0e6a/15294217197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ce45243d076fdf8852178fb43f8fec2/ferojiweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/64504256152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dangeloremodeling.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/57994990905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/lazavejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fomuleridor.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_off0000f8b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B8 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 1629866369be161d9c796003a700954b0673c46e19677198e8ab906224d40c33
font_01_sfnt_off00011265.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11265 19944 bytes
SHA-256: 2fc99911ddc541b06f13f87a0ad85aad2dfcb16c6136dca1eb4d79b52fdf73d5
font_02_sfnt_off00014587.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14587 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1