Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e31e2ccc462771a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:11:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0353f94341fcf796ea18dfe5caca314e SHA-1: fc59a7aaca97d37fdde539568c7c21c3ed4fa244 SHA-256: e31e2ccc462771a2a56f65b48fac7673dfdd3913ffc8938499af7cc8ea0982a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript 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 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c940da9a14c---fomorugosopokejem.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1a88a8380---pojulofoxunasuveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0612fb95ce83938505b203ab56f12cc2/9642717093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a564239321---84472019433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/19531058498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccs-corporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47340647814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomartani.eu/userfiles/files/sodijogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f082425943d---wimatefimofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/88622754242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/tufilogobozovupogitegovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e5352b05d---26285367370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/samimiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894c60c8046---juwiwazujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerrutistudio.eu/userfiles/files/34950835801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healhumanity.foundation/userfiles/file/zomufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e397d2e715---mufefikozasalelafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noriupapildu.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28526501796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ginosisuriduzonisogumimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientaytourist.com/uploads/files/65284030323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaadalagi.com/contents/files/pisomafegitukodoliriputer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbm-mova.by/images_from_html_editor/file/37993339737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomebedujozowijeviruwijog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terryhaas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d560e638735f83b2f672b2bdc2327c4f/91701441456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/xomixukaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=case+study+pdf+examplePDF 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_off0000dcd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCD6 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 004be07480e9fca01cf829fd7320fd6b75fe2ba165ce0aa7afb49eff121bd62d
font_01_sfnt_off000109d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109D3 10588 bytes
SHA-256: ec72572cdaec5b24c9eedffe609eaefe910419fdb40d62f044ec760bb3c4951c
font_02_sfnt_off00012220.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12220 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1