Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 343c18038d8c9e58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:13:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e47e691a4464652282f0061b4097bfa0 SHA-1: 0a906f6c57320b83ff55a8cefff4b9f9cc25ab1d SHA-256: 343c18038d8c9e581fd7d9c1177ef227824fac62cb26795ea6c7a5d2db289f00
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 0.9956

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 http://www.klccpa.com/userfiles/file/ In PDF document text
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/vabusesojesitatejumugixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac95c98e8e---15395925992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-box.biz/upload/datoteke/42911927657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e9deac234---siloxamepegig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c34c787cb---55039573069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341b6107907---seziguwawozupozojexik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/85662263092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/sixejiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/dabepaxomivobifus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec8fb68fa50cd64d98a3741fd8f68bb0/kasetizowelofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e66b2818d49---xalaxupoxakudumizeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents//files/nuxibuxofovog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d29e1c3ea---gixuxikelifiliruniberizix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d30127063---80120956459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kr2uqnvdud2fr4p32teqp9d4rf/37349904136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c953562eb5f632ee0a1995f9cf5924d0/12406217992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veaodaibrahma.com/uploads/image/files/70763412184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futsalcb.cz/picture/vtextu/file/lowuguzemaxigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45a946a5bef981122793d8090bdf184f/mawawupafut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/guwurapofapiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/vodumubasulupinisodukaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608218a47bb68---kojodutevoselinoxape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=perimeter+area+volume+worksheets+5th+gradePDF 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_off0000bc82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC82 15668 bytes
SHA-256: 2c762d21cd4aeec83f630a13e8d3f74ac77fc2f3863c124f9d6f34e1245e514c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e45e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE45E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC75 11072 bytes
SHA-256: bb6bf007c0c8721a526bc0b98a298465941d13273d47f918a84c72a6cc9aa94c