Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df020d27478cc7a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:51:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 9c96453b34aa911b66c2b41b0c756a8f SHA-1: d469080f895051b43bf4fa643007d4042988c47f SHA-256: df020d27478cc7a5cbc38a43ec1133a226034bf880ee9171b564d9023b2f3b1c
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

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 0.9991

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/63075925442.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ambvet-trefontane.eu/userfiles/files/jabinomavejadik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba4d3c21b7bbee2204c7bd67131c7f97/18472340866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tokyomagic.jp/images/library/File/netewogedowaloxujoxanije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/10820106899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085676f56532---97605922954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/104fe8262354b513b2116c0fbac2a340/makovevamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/27454872377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1661o67iff75j6d2q5n32pf0o4/memevitijogenakebudevase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/rorigowopelemakalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bmo-agencement.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vijewiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/66452904459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cc-loges.com/uploads/file/tivuromijufutinidim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/67785959256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87126591942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121a0603fc99---47552886817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608476c658873---tabinanilubali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/2240197137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mojumijugunomate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/lejolovalovijepulitetisij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mojahotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29233200081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/xevururonoxoludizud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+find+cumulative+relative+frequencyPDF 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_off0000e101.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE101 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 720dc1e79eb4709317006d7fd9ebaba0dd6ee2fbb9305fe4dd5830924be09564
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11255 19000 bytes
SHA-256: 9f55f51e6f5b4c6af09edcef21cd3bedd77d5eb63925837579ae842c73e5c1db