Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcec949c421bc289…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-08-23 13:20:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: 498c44a1a6a6f6909bd230d8b48b77bb SHA-1: 135ee9bde60e21960d0bae271fd7479812c980b2 SHA-256: dcec949c421bc289573f8d2dbf8d5405287b304b0bc14d0139850b1f03c265e0
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 0.9972

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 https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8926e7bb5c369be0ec63a6e3cc1c039b/7655346885.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/582db8fac97137e5547558b73cc84332/26364958154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implant-drill.com/userfiles/file/67575040166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/61765889787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607262b3e4e3e---20704416014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076610fec783---86390366651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/venexovakifomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/75454814029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/57325769124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.puhito.hu/uploads/wigopipodiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073edc0dcdbe---61902624130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acudrved.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57549578946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/68328414799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricount.cz/UserFiles/File/dizupewedidoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/gomufuzane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ixtvs.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/pupavis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpghomerepairs.com/uploads/image/files/58896654955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouwservicewinthagen.nl/userfiles/image/file/43818919715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuzitufuluxubud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-astar.com/UserFiles/files/bitiveguxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/bagufajozetisumipopofujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///66281037382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hod9ajpf8tkbruuts9cse57hh/72563855130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608058479217f---poxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982c2a7bb24---kixasevubedasuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=sample+personal+statement+for+teaching+assistant+jobPDF 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_off0000f8e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8E1 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 98e49b3758430115835a5d4fc361e7e83544551991699d387a4526728841c0a6
font_01_sfnt_off000112d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D6 17320 bytes
SHA-256: 3ce7ece5131f77e4c7f55682703b3d0a4deb4cd62aeec9e1d53644139972373c
font_02_sfnt_off0001403c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1403C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1