Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da3e26a9bbb2449e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:53:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: c45132df6382080c5a910f00027d64ca SHA-1: 35fdaa10e5d798987eeec4b4170763f722ebab83 SHA-256: da3e26a9bbb2449e9897e7367b555125a70e7378e5b17950381135a8e50643ee
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 0.9981

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 http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210719130042808924r5ejl5.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://csc-021.com/userfiles/file/20210820095158_djyrob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oio.cn/uploadfiles/files/xelazetodasagime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56uropfmad9sa9rlletvk25a20/lilizabetuzopigomuguroton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd0b4d8544c---3226390499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turar-mussin.com/userfiles/File/bolanelavevimamet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/5643535781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/medovapaxezaburefakazufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e59970c697---baxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dezadefupigutalatovogok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a4524312b9464cc67680de11e629a9b/84301349244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijzh9b.xn--90ae/documents/file/foraki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srtcivilnorth.com/ckeditor_file/files/mapejewevazirakarewobava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/972f8a274482780dee431040f006a83a/7855498287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matharu.ae/userfiles/file/nofibanifuzujipepogum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/kegujazuvewevaximosabube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilocom.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22771687714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marijina-romarska-pot.si/userfiles/file/54558180846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infotechloyalty.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/25086673091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8f438239d---ririxikas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotelbg.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/81483236414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toocapen.com/files/puvikiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=baby+girl+barrettesPDF 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_off0000dd84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD84 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 0faf98d9fb593eaa7b47285f4aa58d9278c359ca49638cd5ec64f788b8befe41
font_01_sfnt_off000109e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121FD 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 0b8c19495afc54ddb838ac2ef04ec79f73930ac4b20861a370765d2984ea8b9e