Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08c90ad14a0915c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-06-17 23:58:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: b5ad74efffd2a67a36897f0d63346680 SHA-1: 52636d62d2019cbbc4009ae6bbcb1f9624cdfef1 SHA-256: 08c90ad14a0915c8429f22abb10fc96fe0247198276f5183b24ac83b80677720
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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
  • 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.
  • 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://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcshfq7i3isvsepuvcpk3qik3t/51529690147.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706f41a16d8---52053261080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aac818ad942ef1eb9e9177a17a7f8ecc/21463051339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ofb6voc16rmt8adcmj7p9lhsi2/59073251763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/sizerigike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ad5012ac7---5236447434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fcd270b5cc---68512688271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210612224753997751bmjb5s.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/fogevufilitewutuvafan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1c3557668---zebajinikaxawekuwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/togidebugikaxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bh80geti66qk6lld10tfdtldjf/21073229293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a8b75e6aec---38582565925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/49980929673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/jawisuruseposevonokemuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/49212955419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94d50798ec78335e27f5e3f1d01b3a0b/rudutomijowinaviri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=mha+season+5+episode+2+english+dubPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010223.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10223 4120 bytes
SHA-256: 04b20f2c3d60eb57f92601e5290916092aa83fcd6a25eed69671f0c1b1e1db10
font_01_sfnt_off000110c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110C6 5528 bytes
SHA-256: 8894f5edf6563d6737dcb964cf3f4655d5a4d54661ac4b15e2efdc879e05660d
font_02_sfnt_off0001238d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1238D 1872 bytes
SHA-256: d84d133f8be175c41a9a30ca74c194ff4552f1bd6589e6972d6457ca5359e694
font_03_sfnt_off00012c7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C7C 11896 bytes
SHA-256: 3a8855e51191fc39836d4c3d84b16269ea6dab65794338e168de88de21ae8685