Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5cde553d1a87cf9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-08-05 18:38:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 534c643fc89c4646e1123510db01cf3d SHA-1: 80ed03b476aaebc330a8f454ba867a8fa4389280 SHA-256: e5cde553d1a87cf970b8623d55ade995d3b58e5ff5d477480bba62d70ff47cd4
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 0.9973

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 http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2ab41a8ce---87344101485.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/16672265792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sacc-la-chaux-de-fonds.ch/fichiers/file/wijuxosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xehowo24h.com/images/ckeditor/files/65388702818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/jurinorubagobanaduraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/12517196861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add03934f08---96697204819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078236cb870b---91167027734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/tilevepodedugosebazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.net/images/file/72906099443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogasol.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75237178930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konyaozgunmobilya.com/userfiles/file/82352023951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0bea4f65147511efc205abc46148c9d/pupebipovurewugava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847b24a36fa---41217788189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/kajokepireweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/35787595274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/ranimumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herium.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210724_9988651CA3F82621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentdorottyapatika.hu/files/68402680027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31643031738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cded76c817e---lepaborizuvulapajulelule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents//files/12111897918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kuwaitpolyurethane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91712089249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/20421495183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+cure+retrospective+jealousyPDF 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_off0000fe77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE77 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 320f1c64329da312a109f0c6ea9ca4cfe00e89a5a9d6a33dd5f60e26c04fc393
font_01_sfnt_off00011753.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11753 16756 bytes
SHA-256: bc7e3878865b4f89809152af8d3c37ca4b71eb1497598d3114445ced0d82e8ca
font_02_sfnt_off0001430b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1430B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1