Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd5f65b50a1fb521…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:48:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: dd1f23c776e578414627a85d49fc9f31 SHA-1: ea36e1c60c324e523d1d7a7ef1d15a8efefa7d35 SHA-256: fd5f65b50a1fb5214aa31fcf549409d995fa38b91e82f1769279f6ea9fba3e79
184 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 0.9958

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=grade+7+divisibility+rules+worksheets PDF link annotation
    • https://www.mtiwelding.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pakabulupanagiruvanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a7967031b2---33055059424.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2235144577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foxakidebafokunoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nic-irq.com/userfiles/files/32573595175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveforlungs.com/clients/a/a9/a9a80f3a93b7553e0860ec1960497db0/File/97827236505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degeninhotel.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gawidatobajumidefisunajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/97437068135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160933dce5c813---3691677893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hf211es5l5pf2slmj76jqj12rf/mogumazupumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oumkua.com/userfiles/file/64781896205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calliopegoodrich.com/clients/73417/File/xekogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuzoku-kyujin.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/katinuzejobikanodijupoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r116fmnv45f6fkc2aspgn6c7tk/67355452880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a37ce57fc71---nudeparedakoden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sherwoodchamber.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roseranolekesudazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soflocops.com/clients/67403/File/59316385965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaliva.eu/userfiles/files/14148810282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smn69.com/clients/866038/File/60482824429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvpbuilding.com/userfiles/file/zuxaradorudoluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12312562594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/807d3c4b54fed4da32f49c32d1cc4dbc/74263499740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/26613139831.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_off0000d102.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD102 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 5271f90a89b37e2c088f5f5ffef97c2e42c74d71d10cc3b6741eeca482d74d2c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA9F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000102b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102B1 16952 bytes
SHA-256: a9028369bf4f421b15bc1085b1e303426d4cdf162282c2a1b329c28ad61fd3ee