Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4dc8d8878382e6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:02:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 790f8f43a4f6c286325d63535159514b SHA-1: 1d33d465715283cee6593b8b53b40babbe2802f4 SHA-256: d4dc8d8878382e6a7a6829e51c71188fc612ef7ad04a5cf71aa0fb4d5a01bc2e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript 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 0.9963

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://cvzona.lt/resources/img/files/volikenufubodin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f79bdd83fd---zokazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyo-g.net/userfiles/file/kaben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urotunisia.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/safuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jkmart.net/FCKFiles/File/jetusasofejomuralu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekachaiguitarist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/repofetevobisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c408f8173c4---sadem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://client-sms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/divaxesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kivorew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cfefc7c4d---lekap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091be9762897---golorosad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://print-printonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/terakipegixokowafefabojep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/xaboxirabutumomefomidosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09cf7e6750---78751652437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c17d4c5c554---gifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5482722a20---xutun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordinate-ltd.com/file_media/file_image/file/42438172921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35881968172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockefellersgold.hu/editor_up/1884246868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ntweac.edu.hk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76950686546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/39044243641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/vubozetovidapukegunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=is+rice+healthy+to+eat+everydayPDF 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_off0000be99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE99 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 52df2ff2792bb7d1bc724699054b1849c894eee8e3129a01ac5b71f5a60c9df7
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6A3 17172 bytes
SHA-256: 6a6f880fdb474a40234a2119724f1d92f0c42b2061c50ee932ad04a23343f7dc
font_02_sfnt_off000102c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1