Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c37316f13e451590…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:29:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: ac7feb9704db22efcaecfa72ae992cab SHA-1: 8f96ee9a2182d52a7b46ac47955ed10388932e2c SHA-256: c37316f13e451590566ea4071e61c8a6eb2bab82b70d9ec5f1b47457cd8490bd
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2c9d6d07cd43f9a3b72056643389e2f/panijolejefuruni.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://deborahkay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25122732210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/26394387401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071416c80859---sufifapewudunavazalenowaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098622ea56b1---45425181033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isspskola.lv/userfiles/files/tudeverajumodipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/78717108854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kbj5b5g7q8cahnflaih3gk2o90/putebomobufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50139838409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/39161630211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26540886579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://v-lukomorie.com/uploader/files/86368372996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gpaci.org.br/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokuxudutukofawujase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/41137289567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94081902575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e97d04480a1---zepazeluduvivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10460429747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palakkadtourism.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gitekadaresovimurekotota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cimkezes.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0ef8450d6c---37206981485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abouelhoulgroup.com/userfiles/files/34971966261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sokolzgierz.pl/web/uploads/files/xosojitopovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/30887984471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5f8de84b9---35481292936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=contract+de+vanzare-cumparare+auto+model+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_off0000f782.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF782 19072 bytes
SHA-256: ea1c80a4a768579535fffba712de62c3f29b42c5c7aa9535d28867a1d74e1d0a
font_01_sfnt_off000129ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129BA 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 673105ae782836900ddf80375c3bf58d894db45b3f46a45b90b3731cc010c607
font_02_sfnt_off000142cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1