Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0aceb9a2d7db9718…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-08-26 14:44:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 2481a4f54826395b49fc4917d126edaf SHA-1: 3717d5c406f06c4c298209450d455ce3dcb13e6b SHA-256: 0aceb9a2d7db971800e7d6c5bf8b2a3fe252af36ab35828cfb7905e427925273
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 0.9970

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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=article+writing+competition PDF link annotation
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8d6082676abe6974c1e80992d10596b/koxipumokutebebimamolat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc792528fd8---35432708189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nluserfiles/file/606915665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/wozojexudedasaragofokiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superpart.com/files/86394331566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/tajikekopavebosobaroxudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swalaya.in/userfiles/file/87600965106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fc562ef394b56258d0a8509690b3275/12749168498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15857523137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7gr6c060tdn1nadtnqqfbq0n0t/99391649237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dangeloremodeling.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/94161794978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balcimimarlik.com/resimler/files/pumuxelapogudipexipagube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcwenhua.com/uploadimg/file/16289973691074647681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murasakijr.com/uploads/files/lulutobujuwigejadiribiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/44229681411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b9b03e32c27a2488984bce80cecf61f/50792277849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8fbkhhd10okg8cl3noptpauim/nukegomirisubibepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efd5ec760510e3f1d61bc88bb8c035f8/15347798056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inistor.com/ufiles/files/marazigetefemamupepakogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czytamzezrozumieniem.pl/userfiles/file/26093326459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://builderall.info/userfiles/file/kazekirajibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaletsuenodesol.de/files/12944016992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfc0b3fb51---xefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/tagonodivepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c8c15d6u63c7gsmal253dl0sm/68921686011.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_off000104ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104CE 10452 bytes
SHA-256: cca938c5036bf5a076b9ee1cebbc6b88da6f5f7c6d4c85923708309d8b6ccafc
font_01_sfnt_off00011c87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C87 17768 bytes
SHA-256: 16c796cbae73098bb2a2845bd4dd923a0c710f806ed09408f6b3197f4ed754ef
font_02_sfnt_off00014aad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1