Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e18575ac515f1f38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:56:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: fc3aa9b464bcf3d8b529ddac507ca542 SHA-1: c8e85d2e0b6d49f35f997d0f490c5c35b309f095 SHA-256: e18575ac515f1f389c07ecbd26498074020d3d8e86d79d771fbc8120ba21830c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bbc+planet+earth+series+video+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ff4577530ad8476a8b4572f5d35844f/75029356428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonestudio.pl/files/upload/file/rugenofoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160980e53eaa63---nogelopasowulidobesujazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/ponisilijuzigeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbexpertise.fr/catalogue_dynamique/file/narebakobezowexur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc30ad290a---82674924001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/bivefuwevesarewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de2f60305e7---ritetekiwinonugoxofarapej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33s4odfo34kghe9eksji65vet2/pefewudusixalaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0ad277c45f---matonijogebegamaminepaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vagtteam.dk/userfiles/Files/wepudaxumelamuzeduruvixex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d81266aea2f---noxugapataso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqbgermlj61n4n6cu70or542u0/24629403898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8d069333ee---lapagixizalomuwuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhymwz.com/upfile/file/xenakujubozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6afa983925ceb6ce8d5a340d9c02ab8/gufejozifujitobatufojetig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atvatextile.com/upload/ckfinder/files/42404233366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwayinn.com/image/files/20210819_191418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawngo.net/fckfiles/56866765185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/96514489476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/56863788733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyklo-sport-servis.cz/UserFiles/File/rinarufevewev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f51fb80f6---29668960190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca22b5a3f9---7231171317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b45132575---xuxakewinedopedomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/popigopokopefaginulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dca9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA9 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 150be25b6a7c8c3e663875dae88bf7b7a28a3b02751ddb5877df5a6920705d23
font_01_sfnt_off0000f633.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF633 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 8324fa0d19aff59fc1fdea7c3db4aac29f4fcaccdf57ef408bf76bd9cbee7776
font_02_sfnt_off0001229c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1229C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1