Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d84e28070db3181b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:12:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: c2f3992e2104a5e0235a2cd8fe99d96c SHA-1: 011c6382202ca38db458370f0d9f1bc992afbfa6 SHA-256: d84e28070db3181b0cd644c981191762523375f555aa81ad09a6caba6b448332
196 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 0.9955

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 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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hierarquia+urbana+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://koma-brzeg.pl/userfiles/file/45587484322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6b5857bf4---mokalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/gababutonaxadotegigako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annandale1963.com/clients/69704/File/purik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3b1769f5ad08253ec87a17b8333e512/peporabunitakuzotoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77ch42vgm321a8lin24gn4cnu6/tagamuradepunizipazizeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079bfcdb136a---51304241696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c9539f5109f9358d8e960468ce3834b/15277758353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verner.lt/images/files/12576420376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lr1iouh4bmfto1372jobo5t49e/wukalizibimelixepeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/talezonunule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensegun2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15783174806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-privod.ru/userfiles/file/80946447662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/wofenuzikovedesadil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c17943a7f6f---solapet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/jegedeguzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/figevorudiruje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dveropolis.ru/upload_picture/midonosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ab555df592789305c1b1cfd6b63d6c1/58654445304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckattorneys.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/11379326694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161052c03ab09c---6335695557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607216c436ac1---44255623454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608966a9e615d---fuwewidokures.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a57baca1bc42f00d5647a5fabda25f76/zorafodukagazomizelogidap.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_off0000dd53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD53 18092 bytes
SHA-256: 4ae6a165708d7fbffd88adb025685814e27e54f372ad71fe502f7f61e1d09dbb
font_01_sfnt_off00010bce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BCE 10436 bytes
SHA-256: e584e3c15184eb936736639f0d7a0a4ed0d70313ce5d8e836c1605bccc658e13
font_02_sfnt_off00012308.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12308 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1