Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cea4a8fd06b3a03c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:22:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: ae2d78a4ee2ac29775e6d6111b7ad27f SHA-1: 4388796fce305fb74aed0c2e91bb131802973e03 SHA-256: cea4a8fd06b3a03c73c01911df3831373a21d4a0a5da61c52a63c3085a67488f
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 0.9978

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=random+number+1+to+3 PDF link annotation
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zumusovudigofiredaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0bfd5c64f5120bfb1839cb889836dcd/58839783596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e856cfbb39b4d98e45231b9d01fcb91/gifetenediwawezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/66627402508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/145603783160eff33a40626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltechsro.cz/files/lamiwokamitazukikew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/pakitelexitokolenose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75ae8d3d39153c6f500473c42b0359a7/bijekarupadikez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theloneranger.tv/clients/loneranger/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dutojunifujul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092fffd5daa2---62498324683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocvn.com/userfiles/image/file/29478237775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellibeninca.com/images/file/vuparekibidezolakaxuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguidobarbieri.it/userfiles/files/27162848276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/gamovodugenulisowibup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/090injhl6erklc1l98b579hko4/rivonivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26667017971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implant-drill.com/userfiles/file/foter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/lapujopokugimopupakipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b618ca7c120---gigebarodepomena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f1e3093f082aac8be8cb38dc975292a/95654544409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belst.by/upload/file/63151274165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blevy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lekitewetaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbadccd1a8---tasop.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_off0000cff6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFF6 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 1d129d319844fe7623d44c4ea15f105647190237dc5bcb44ab2741ef95857d4d
font_01_sfnt_off0000e83b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE83B 18052 bytes
SHA-256: e98d3d3c980227dfde3155b688c744b6983da30278daebda6e3a474cb2fabd6f
font_02_sfnt_off000116f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1