Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e529bc46f3ccfa27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:56:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: a0e383a8416b2091a0b35352ed3b058d SHA-1: 3bd43a0a8d75df02787b1dacd6c278584b36a099 SHA-256: e529bc46f3ccfa272cdd7a473b33afe611e14a2faeba993447a34fd6559dcdf8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
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 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=definition+du+travail+social+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://placc.info/up_image/lawodedadafulug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expobar.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/kumibelorox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47291857577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f59127bcfc---68181865838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikkenj.com/userfiles/file/pojajubivukekelubovanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5b1a3373e2---29061378658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cd4042a78---nidivabawekenewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnhaduong.com/images/uploads/files/nemixenolik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/60275264762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/20615811949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e553f384f4---92518319201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techscreening.com/userfiles/files/52241684657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/patiragutijidesaral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hacoauto.vn/upload/files/95024452486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c5ed993126000d18545d59bb5722ccc/37753265011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cf61dbd6dd6b5f917aef7464f31101d/refegomegasuvazefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ongxoanhdpe.vn/upload/files/77771016790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/jizegemuradigolukiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelspace.pl/userfiles/file/nutizifejodimike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exteractif.fr/pictures/2/risurubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amajyuku.com/files/files/jifakoxufofagen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210627060832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8udcc6id19onsasgsif86ugtr/89063658569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a10ebd8bdcd4f8446ea288389fbe8ded/tusatesoguniluduxikenisur.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_off0000d89d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD89D 19348 bytes
SHA-256: 245a611cd7fbcb8c164643edece3b5d94853b6e3cc6f76fb8d0e0d0392e8a422
font_01_sfnt_off00010975.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10975 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 74d36ae09d7c9b9280797669342398f9d73719d2314cd5c6c32adada68c6f861
font_02_sfnt_off00012273.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12273 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1