Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f739f30d12045c83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-11 14:36:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 6ba070b3e7f2c698f54355a9ca29ec73 SHA-1: 56047112603f9cb443430cd9e44d949de75eef1b SHA-256: f739f30d12045c835b7aa832092ddcaa38a37b83f7ae6e4fb7240a89c3b7fa76
196 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+block+updates+on+android PDF link annotation
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/likazisako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/44818541872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88265098686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fabriziochessa.it/userfiles/file/37711660785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139c780dbed3---juketomufabef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/durenugizumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd55010584---xezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i2r06cc5kdn4de9mq0sfqjpri6/gerurixogitukiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49a1702b7fc1895d8a3da506261b473c/26410331423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syekp.gr/sites/default/files/file/nosiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abriganature.centralcms.cloud/galeria/files/18807107416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newsru.md/upload/userfiles/files/62555618653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ch-yang.com/upload/files/zowuziwarolewufagurunowat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9658665a28e5a0b2f86110b92d8ead1/58946901148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/levodaralepositimebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://embassyinvietnam.com/webroot/img/files/44105646637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613726541b8cc---67953577670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armature.ir/cache/fck_files/file/gepere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatden.vn/webroot/img/files/62982764635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/25906300116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectifff.be/imgdb/accueil/files/nusubonefokopaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/8064282997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokewaveanaheim.com/uploads/files/83581882068.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_off0000d41b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD41B 17560 bytes
SHA-256: e8526f2a16c322e2db1c1212a2630127fa7fe998f51d4bfc1d226af84c0d7081
font_01_sfnt_off0001014c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1014C 10916 bytes
SHA-256: aaaeb5a0e33a6d38189f5b2c18314994de0298ac8cb4144d6b92c71d69f1c9e6
font_02_sfnt_off00011a84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1