Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43bacb1d11ee6894…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:08:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: d8102f0be1c83d107512e73ff25d2262 SHA-1: 11fa5e7a0b287c3fe7b57cfbfa1a491d0c65e450 SHA-256: 43bacb1d11ee6894672f710393985c15375453cfe21e93b3e618e7c95ae55ca9
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 0.9991

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 http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///20216223646481.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/jujoxudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0t7qqdtm3i06r5eu5pbluhpjr7/jejenojosefowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhsuasolieu.com/media/files/nakad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.irrv.org/uploads/files/75232246920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/pamatufevazugojipap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91302c0ff9b1c6dc20d7fdacf0fb061c/4675301297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5fc091784---27691579626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/bowawomaruzatefoxuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abctranslink.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70834041405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/zofesojazefedudije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/70296453613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/73340021654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/54466979623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannails.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/71384061905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/82304778099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a4b0764c4---palajitexekimel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdjcm.com/upload/files/8921455167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimecostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/15326971221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a5c404a35---91107852320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pajamefasesabavoxuwegeval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dptour.net/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/kijipasikuriwulotetinexuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100affa650cb---7498151441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=mtg+foundation+course+class+10+maths+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000ddb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDB0 11420 bytes
SHA-256: ac4ebd54f3a4c0f7f9b3f2939fce122918c2f4e2d758a1807f92da24bb01ceb8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF859 17848 bytes
SHA-256: 4072920052b6433fd795ea1f6e5ccbbcc71be866ce73951f0bd25bc5c2cbf93b
font_02_sfnt_off00012651.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12651 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1