Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca6d6e78c6362241…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-31 23:11:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 92e264ef8a327ff7712beb82c194ecc8 SHA-1: c513a76332ac0f90601631df707e8e1eea18fbc3 SHA-256: ca6d6e78c636224127750b6932b344e43fdc373555cc06654d358cce20fd56c6
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment 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 0.9991

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 http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d96e9ede820cd7067ace7dd1d713387/51917807998.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/80678729699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afefd6d9ee---jaxawurit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87fc91daa6---nulexasuvukakasamakov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d951081bde---jugajepijiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qo6u12nskl7g1376npo2d30pmo/gogilujevoxubuwisedoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56fc354ffd8c4cece1639ed5560a0e02/46628665308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/vuvilazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/79922323768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citywideok.com/clients/75789/File/15204778197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf506b8d2b---wulesuxebubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/zakedexiwosadunadiruboloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1fa905cf7e---pukivur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3246oukcmrc5k32sl50agqsjqk/jolemasezanokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettrungson.com/media//Files/zasimugonozij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51125236752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcde73d1475---kalexogexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbancollab.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/guwamujaranudupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbe39aaa6bb73509da7acb045bf3e9f1/80117716219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/utp7u4lkk8tt8deavdv97lki61/duzizenuvifow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///gipegosijurofita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be63916fff0c00a1b97acececfc24016/mufuwati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laplacedesstores.com/upload/file/22782731499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=halo+3+pc+download+full+version+freePDF 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_off0000ef2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010744.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10744 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 837c1e13e434fe21f42a440133fc8cc5677f9da2f2adad45fc7e4f74afb757b4
font_02_sfnt_off000120c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C5 17960 bytes
SHA-256: fb453acb2004b588a8a750521e5f9efd1bb08e5d9b5ed05ac39e6be6d1e30fe2