Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcd794a961d150e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-08-10 10:02:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 271f13a4deb56cf98749d7950ce4aac2 SHA-1: 58c7189a68a1c2c381587428221cf18f0e2784ed SHA-256: dcd794a961d150e4061db6c29131b45e13830c91c75f21a4d0c5ad25aabd8e2e
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 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/zasizepa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://electriccityusa.com/images/fck_uploads/file/68126060583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3636f435dd---33832971574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gagiongvitgiong.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2468990768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6132c36c57---59885849585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f439d78af567321d6d1f1d3d119af392/79014300001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021052100481873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekselantechnology.solutions/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32034806464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mnhu47bimmqmr5hj0s4eq51jf4/4885509556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ready4use.ru/uploads/files/17009590584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e1aa43373---waguta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raylutickenterprises.com/userfiles/files/xadorazagesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspoint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ferulizajovan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/fokaboni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://merydian.pl/nowymerydian/userfiles/file/dazipimedadapaxofesigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e13259626---45074142710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e26a9c5475---86923921988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18de6fee35936c1af2825b8f35adeea2/27051272838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cda.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenutexowusozexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvet-trefontane.eu/userfiles/files/gapapafavupuvez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089592235102---89403714940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5deb6fb38bc3185da34111d6cac83bfa/81372559190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/nekin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6909d2fdf---34573902066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=treatment+torn+meniscus+without+surgeryPDF 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_off0000ee17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE17 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 288b6f956ac4d23e65a154c00104cdfaafb38cf4d5be576cdd7c1c224e832b9d
font_01_sfnt_off00010738.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10738 16956 bytes
SHA-256: ac165d178affc47edd9f189da4ac250b500e6fc283f24bc3ad08bfcebab5349f
font_02_sfnt_off0001333b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1333B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1