Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0837b156f1a17ccf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:46:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 850950ab6c3a0ea67d5d4fec9188ba8c SHA-1: 2fce1a6806f78989b833483d5e5078da5a31edbb SHA-256: 0837b156f1a17ccfb0d45ee3ae7ad5c79a519c16c3de3bf1dc592b5b12c669cf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

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 presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0798a2fa92273b7332aed367f325b98f/xosonagefovakanu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/viziwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25h6hf45hurta5vmm4urns6o17/tererofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/56418050681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anael.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/24028178318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/854f632a1f414933b1c4077dd018217c/xigubofowujabodiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfbea1bba4---zojumen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlaskvartir.ua/data/uploads/files/22608312915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketex.com/trcgp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98542925317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c31d143326---65142226573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778223b30dc---vovojulukibovizivemefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmwarts.com/ecovic/file/sisakakadezaneneru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelborgodeipoeti.com/userfiles/files/99310534531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auksozvynas.lt/userfiles/file/radorafagomidanapigasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llbyggodesign.se/UserFiles/files/5086520382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://squarcialupirelaxinchianti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/widasebawofewotonuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/651807afb657e7a467c3888e70ff6ae6/govosibarota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemonsport.sk/upload/file/valavawidufubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021060701365273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f726f4f869e3f83a16c1aa6c536a8d08/koxujojepowixununu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castel.ro/userfiles/file/goburefinavurojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3625681ea---fewaxoriwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a159210b3---180340178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/watupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcvitamin.com/webroot/img/files/73284352789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=railway+and+bridge+engineering+book+pdfPDF 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_off000107e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ff7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FF7 10884 bytes
SHA-256: e2fdf2cd4dc353cb652607a6d474c35a598277054afa33634266259d2553a5d6
font_02_sfnt_off000138ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138CE 18624 bytes
SHA-256: b53cb037ed59afe5c0689f6a1924a7e9646be9d7c2404a68a7c1c1618addd075