Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d705a54fd486be5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 12:52:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 6a396806692888caa69768254ae24143 SHA-1: 3af4944037ddc82601c12e633b0116266bb8a141 SHA-256: d705a54fd486be5bc064c1b520409b45dbfae6e3069b8d4797c388423bc10c14
216 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c0cabb4fc7d88e8ed9f1ab61eed311e/64735377064.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/babibekesewidasedajir.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j96fk9m4dhvi5trnf1fg3sd1k0/raderujuzunij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/90885123331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b57a153f7c---49230903274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b7033a8f10---37569395021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermatologomiguelgallego.com/miguel/fck/file/31422572132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d74c1ece14f---vagevaboditafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/kegaxugodosujemamofasab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607095c94a8de---12637424574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a09317122ec29d8d4c65b2b492f7ba88/21740635211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38911230dc---86155571759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c3tf6r82r2goraqslgcmggo41/87784184478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b40816a55c---niveriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3f30abc1b---sogosisivigagukefopawir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5q1r6hvnisrls1m7o99ikuppg4/dogivekumuxozopobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gn9bl4ddb7cdv8shuc1v4bo6g4/44777602482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/dizafuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/5025038209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/48443060361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/1612001264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/95594360131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/280210152801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/149ad64858709e98d5088b63d1eaf61e/rebazefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ubore9bgs5nb6vch9cjl4ecjk4/denekirazuzonalibojiwuviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=carbon+and+its+compounds+class+10+all+formulasPDF 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_off0000fb12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB12 11096 bytes
SHA-256: fe4ca4b9a9ddb2f0950fa54181ab44ed32814aeb7fe0ad23a7ccf6df713c6188
font_01_sfnt_off000114ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BA 19976 bytes
SHA-256: f7f6c34a2f9d7ff99461555c1aaea80e8d5806e3f8e5b399c8719b6c0cb9e8b8
font_02_sfnt_off00014890.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14890 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1