Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1646b9f13f5ddb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-08-16 12:51:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: 9551e335af65198620dd1d2e40b080f3 SHA-1: f1368850824ea9910c130c90cf4cc78542722bca SHA-256: e1646b9f13f5ddb5cf1e95efab102343df4497309cab225905c8b32057be309b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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, presents a deceptive download button 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 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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejemogozakarotago.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ada56c599---59132314023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/ledibenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/61473816186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/silagibupinupawijuteleda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbikese.hu/files/file/gafedarerojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e722389c8---mimosegavipurimasulag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/wixorowutefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079001e3bbb3---kalubokiris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f110710169---15039933445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29daeead26cdcda2d12ce294fe5c1779/wemebagijujedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/8243842333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/76733993827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ec3a32f91c7b8d9c2d2888b1f34afb2/60408168488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f986c09a153f728953faf189327198c2/bevobimoserujalasixede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafe-malaysia.com/contents/file/rurifes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33848ede5c67b3368d53d8f43a0448ac/didifokewizulopofadiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610133ba87c57---18524856903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geriatriccarenewjersey.com/userfiles/files/gufotejisinafadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catherine-massage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21303656398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rutherford58.com/clients/5/5b/5b2824e44de76337c32dfcbc3ee6dba3/File/48095577425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/207c00f0d8b72ce8116ca802f39dd815/82600027311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+ball+z+super+game+psp+downloadPDF 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_off0000d5d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5D9 10932 bytes
SHA-256: e94d4e858d447d0ac4c5dafdad5af10cf66c83c48c6f6ea5c319c4b7b91e785a
font_01_sfnt_off0000eecc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEECC 16944 bytes
SHA-256: ec3b8730d64e8d6c4853780949e5674120db332db35b06aded80feaaa35435a9
font_02_sfnt_off00011b0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1