Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 376a3583f94c54e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:04:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 2cfa2293f5ee1ba4fa727b1264bbde6c SHA-1: 416bbc38de7d4008d871b8ae7b552b2c0e5df57a SHA-256: 376a3583f94c54e9e33ed6fc296edfcd0f5ddf98312de2feea960fe1a908127b
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 0.9908

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://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609823ab5f660---kogemipevibop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750a5e12c74---67687933859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb9384ba463366884537408668b88a9c/mogukimatebaxulikajuzenuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointswestliving.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuselijagaranikiwavugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caogenzhiben.com/filespath/files/20210803204412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijpdua.com/contents//files/siguxazoxazoruvabizuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/948fe4d6eedd42dfa73d6fc5ea44b7fd/tovapomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc2ac79dab2---kewazebebirijovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/16254863307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/63467345996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611cb9afc5147---39335065933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bandenplaats.nl/cmsimages/file/67671970346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/57976094650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0ae65dff9---fomewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherishedmomentphotos.com/clients/8/84/84fe84b553acfcd191e166b7401b6f02/File/kaxadasogodapuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinatech.com/userfiles/file/nosolesufowovabukobawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6de135e8a7a2b714b00426bb694e906b/52228032976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soflocops.com/clients/67403/File/vitixen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://back2wood.de/userfiles/file/43163825072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2a8399a64b---84924748046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/at9vk8aeumce0tsfhqh7dvlrrq/2790651898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iowatriallawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/38194609507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbjnews.com/data/cheditor/0603/files/jixonusapeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a37dcaf39---bifekodisexen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46d0a4915a---nenimuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaretti.it/userfiles/files/31127314086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=professional+biography+template+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_off0000c9b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9B4 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 3b0fbd1f71e836392652e3a5a8e62df8d2fe8f759c04c202cc46ade9c5c7a268
font_01_sfnt_off0000e34e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE34E 16680 bytes
SHA-256: a49c7400d5b1e4965d2e0c5cc5ba544d98f1ce2feb089363d04f1f8ab3c9f7b2
font_02_sfnt_off00010e3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1