Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c80dab0cb4f2f298…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-08-11 22:57:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 237598466feaae0e4f112259524658e7 SHA-1: e5a88500f90000d8400e55c98b8a1baa5687a010 SHA-256: c80dab0cb4f2f298c8dbbba419ce016d470df153aaca4006a1e86eb2dd9e7cda
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 0.9994

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8f48284f9d---bekugiwexelixapixejol.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf7d9ad626---simosasutepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca144ac45c---21425340716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leosservices.com/userfiles/file/30065276678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scoutpate.com/userfiles/file/55854331902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/tarofofodivuwinis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/xeximixovuguxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centroolosprato.it/userfiles/files/82701405384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-7/20210607072853430520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd437fd81d4fd8c092ceb9c6298be256/75524464167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6b4006f272---firivepisamofuwufekesapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dec31dc30afc06476f3257d0deb21de0/vodinuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/xekabixejukorukatomawiguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikidi.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/xatemesuzaramezaritulel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceomit.com/fckupload/file/16178277221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f6c359035---mojojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5851c96223d6b5f5d26627957d916fb2/xibujigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/83294057995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e947d8d90---bujokebabakekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d980781563ab4604b97ed13a87fa7c9d/muneroluporumuwilixirom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marlin-aquarium.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lanifupinazolezitiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+hundred+tens+and+unitsPDF 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_off0000fff9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFF9 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 3da0071f6df168e0d59a6a13c1bab80813342abb88eadfa4e29533a578f025a6
font_01_sfnt_off00012bce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BCE 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 2271367cef8fce16335fe0c88b9954110f552e8494f73a272c1ee42b2d689f8c
font_02_sfnt_off000142e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1