Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e275d85e072286b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:18:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1aabfc32a7e02b19c36a7b7db537fbff SHA-1: f70b7602a88fd82f12d9f1308087205d7b260c75 SHA-256: e275d85e072286b76882c0eaa4fe136ee90348b6add1640cfee35352d5a6bad2
184 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, contains embedded JavaScript and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cloves+for+cold PDF link annotation
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b60f5564850---tusab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/91102984573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/bolovewokaxokaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/kefafemimoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printsolutions.ro/uploads/wysiwyg/files/jipibikapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/97178785947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indel.sk/userfiles/file/62194908895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deycaterers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14635396627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lojesatawupitepamizejena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0db9e3654f112ebef0e2d4fb535b9e6b/duforonipom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/gobijumafibigetedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtdental.com/upload/ckimg/files/94584784827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/17289980550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luijkzonwering.nl/image/file/21883489384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f42e89bb27---40323718069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ecc74b91b---muxibesukuligeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acadb1c482b79966c7af73075009404d/povel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/9156288556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf5b88efa2---49718569090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/20352302451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saammohaseb.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f727f5dc759b9c193b46a77eb0289fd5/davorigipilusixofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/279e56709db9c22f3aedd80b0fb29fa2/lumifubujekokuvizutupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromavials.com/d/files/56883840372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/43581843619.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_off0000b7af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7AF 10112 bytes
SHA-256: 2de2661812f47f34c8bf656af78619ce93843c6af15cb7f9e9f9e1525870913c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e67f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE67F 14356 bytes
SHA-256: e6defabf046f56da4d9d6b927d59702eaef36dc002736050cc92c0b783a5fd68