Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 caea2f0197cfcdff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-14 05:31:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 8a6d531f9def5f45fa8e803f39ec22b7 SHA-1: 4d273df47cafbc9bf154e775fd7118ad84181322 SHA-256: caea2f0197cfcdffd188a9f308011c15ab2c1bac7ea5084b59966e5fd774cc66
184 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, contains embedded JavaScript and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=codes+for+treasure+hunt+simulator PDF link annotation
    • http://vandientuchinhhang.com/upload/files/gopifuxesoduzigoviruxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jimsclub.net/new/board/img_tinfo/file/20210905054925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telechips.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13807909173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.com/data/file/75271366613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f016be1d3f---xarilufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://screen.by/images/file/ratunewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventadeterrenosurbanos.com/userfiles/file/1012597160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://torremaggiore.sitmap.it/files/files/85544168673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2efbd99e06945c9d8c3f7d0c6914b92e/51938909603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimalar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/73188690528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aias.pnu.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuwubiwakinofefoniberam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fopikanejigidikegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vawikaxatesuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/jasuxasotenukovukumowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheniou.handysociality.com/upload/files/7796897566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3tg8l98oj83l0qfdmdamvcfai/vupikiwodizejog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehedgerowchronicles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97335778386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroytehcentr.ru/images/file/32144662445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6623abd5ab4ba3e920a58a29e18dbadf/kufawutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsteelstock.com/d/files/8912346228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dogandemir.av.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/vububekolonozoxujapotemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31771010184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct5g39pjpo.tw/upload/leakstop/files/19005530873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porfic.com/fotos/file/bufekipuzibavejoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopassarotti.it/userfiles/files/47084414389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radioevangilereal.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/40484290016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b59fff358010dbd4769569be9bc15d47/56378207653.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_off0000b425.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB425 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC3C 10748 bytes
SHA-256: ccff901a0907e8aa8534796aa58bfb138b5b768c41cf4b800ca3c9380e7f59f2
font_02_sfnt_off0000e4b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4B5 14116 bytes
SHA-256: b11a082edb81b346d592c52b98a9af3744104da224fc77ccd820aa732a9004da