Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d559dff993bfef15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:08:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c1d445b22723de7579d719e4cd299a0b SHA-1: 8d5cd1e32e9b6047c2a07b173e375f6adcbfb37b SHA-256: d559dff993bfef153587d8b329189d231d9c20c6d15459f44ce33598049a5432
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

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 0.9893

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=excel+see+worksheets+side+by+side PDF link annotation
    • https://inwestorfinanse.pl/userfiles/file/78257024111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210823233443300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210515062856265449agmp2b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/43207893849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuakeobinhduong.com/upload/files/45697659149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73632184453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/bolivapodupuxirem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dayou.tw/uploadpic/files/202109020530291617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4da5c7234d26a0d0f11ab5ac65d208a7/xolofovigiwepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjbiotech.cn/upload/files/1732836521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/sukezupawagane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd7ffb330a---98894242607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdbakademi.org/userfiles/files/rarakufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventadeterrenosurbanos.com/userfiles/file/xexujigopaxaliwowuwekidil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/38648456493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/272565e10a11424b3cf941b45d5459c7/muwijikumojalijavazok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windowsplusllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/radesanenizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/3794260681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc8502236d---winupoxevilig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ebac20287---58925000550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wine-paraphernalia.com/files/winep/_repo/file/nazolobowozudajuvoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/4100469954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/76865356295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k7b36lb73fhk8lthtd86vqfh42/99707725454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607861dba729a---42971554220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosung-gulf.com/uploads/file/73710881659.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_off0000b7d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7D6 15200 bytes
SHA-256: 666000eaf99ea8ff0429931b111aa482a148112ac8dbaea890c7f7a849a4f130
font_01_sfnt_off0000de4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE4E 10720 bytes
SHA-256: be7dab536a77a49b6461c65950622308255c0fb823221258427a670221089656
font_02_sfnt_off0000f726.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF726 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1